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Birds of a feather

by CHARLES H. FEATHERSTONE
Staff Writer | May 19, 2022 1:00 AM

An egret (foreground) and a great blue heron wander around the grounds of Basic American Foods on Friday just south of Moses Lake. According to allaboutbirds.org, the great blue heron - or Ardea herodias - inhabits marshes and stalks fish to feed itself, though it does nest in trees. Great egrets, such as the one shown here, follow the same pattern of feeding and nesting.

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