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We were driving adjacent to the Grand Canal in Venice and spotted these white birds as they climbed up the bank. No, not Venice, Italy but Venice, California. We aren’t sure what species these waterfowl are, but they sure are pretty.
Verna figured out that these are egrets also called white heron. I looked it up on WikiPedia and found a description: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Heron