Not to be confused with a yellow-legged Snowy Egret, this black-legged Great Egret (Ardea alba) spotted in Golden Gate Park‘s Strybing Arboretum (aka San Francisco Botanical Garden) seemed to be transfixed with its plumage for a good long time.
After the preflight inspection, it then flew away.
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