tricolored heron
egretta tricolor latin

Tricolored Heron stalks its prey in shallow or deeper water, often running as it does so.

There are also waders, coots, moorhens, and great blue, green and tricolored herons.

Tricolored Heron's breeding habitat is sub-tropical swamps.

Over 30 species nest in the colony, including the white-faced ibis, great blue herons and most notably, the tricolored heron.

They also involve raising of the neck, back and crest feathers, accompanied by bill clacking, similar to the Tricolored Heron.

The Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor) formerly known in North America as the Louisiana Heron, is a small heron.

Roseate Spoonbills must compete for food with Snowy Egrets, Great Egrets, Tricolored Herons, and American White Pelicans.

The center offers nature workshops, a junior naturalists' program, salt marsh walks and early morning bird walks where people can look for a snowy egret, a tricolored heron or a red-throated loon.

A few yards in from the crumbling docks covered by cormorant nests, a birch forest has sprouted that each spring becomes a squawking rookery for herons, including such rarities as tricolored herons and yellow-crowned night herons.

Wading birds, such as roseate spoonbills (Platalea ajaja), egrets, and tricolored herons (Egretta tricolor) use the mangroves as a nursery, due to the proximity of food sources and the protection offered from most prey.

Numerous wading bird species can be found in the wetlands of the sanctuary, including the Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Black-crowned Night Heron, Tricolored Heron, Great Egret, and Snowy Egret.

On a recent visit, 10,000 to 20,000 or so little blue herons, great blue herons, cattle egrets, snowy egrets, tricolored herons, black-crowned night herons and yellow-crowned night herons filled spindly buttonbush branches, just yards from the preserve's heavily traveled road.

The Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor) formerly known in North America as the Louisiana Heron, is a small heron.