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                  Distinctive Marks


 

       Colors & Patterns (a.k.a. Field Marks): Very important for identifying birds 
       that are a similar size and shape. Things to look at: Overall colors; 
       colors of the head, bill, wings, tail, back, chest, belly, legs, feet; patterns 
       on the head, wings, tail, upper and under-parts.

                 Click the box next to the word or words under the bird that 
              are not good field marks. Click the submit button to check your answers.

Tri-Colored Heron
  Tricolored Heron
Snowy Egret

   Snowy Egret
Great Egret

    Great Egret

  white wings yellow bill white body  
  white belly black legs light-colored bill  
  dark back light-colored feet light-colored legs  

                                                            


 
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