Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)

Less common than the other North American egrets, it can be identified easily by its pink beak with a black tip. Whilst the adult is usually slaty blue with a rufous head and neck, there is a white-phase variety. This egret has a habit of 'dancing' in shallow water as it feeds whilst spreading its wings into a canopy - a behaviour which disturbs small fish which then dash into the shade of the wings, to be then picked off.