Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens), Cochise Lake, Cochise County

This Reddish Egret was discovered by John and Marty Hirth and photographed by Mark Stevenson on 30 June 2012.

Reddish Egret is a casual mid-summer to fall wanderer to southeast Arizona. Has become more regular in the past 15 years to the point that the Arizona Bird Committee removed it from the Review List.  It is now on  the Sketch Details list.

Uniform blue-gray heron with reddish highlights, dark gray legs and dark, long heavy bill identify this as an immature Reddish Egret.  As with all occurences of this species in Arizona, this is a dark morph immature. 

30 June 2012, photo by Mark Stevenson

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