Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens), Sundance Power Plant, Pinal County

This Reddish Egret was discovered and photographed by Doug Jenness on 18 September 2013.

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.  This is the third known documented report from Pinal County. 

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. 

18 September 2013, photo by Doug Jenness

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