雪白的白鹭在水中搜寻

A snowy egret, identifiable by its slender black bill, black legs and yellow feet, marches through a pond near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, looking for food in this image from March 29, 2007. This species inhabits salt marshes, ponds, rice field and shallow coastal bays from Maine to southern South America. They are also found in northern California, Texas, and Oklahoma. Kennedy shares a boundary with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which surrounds it; more than 330 native and migratory bird species live there.

Image credit: NASA/Ken Thornsley

在这张2007年3月29日拍摄的照片中，一只雪白的白鹭，从它细长的黑色喙，黑色的腿和黄色的脚可以辨认出来，它正在寻找食物。该物种栖息于从缅因州到南美南部的盐沼，池塘，稻田和浅海岸海湾。加州北部、德克萨斯州和俄克拉何马州也有它们的身影。肯尼迪与环绕着它的梅里特岛国家野生动物保护区接壤；超过330种本地和候鸟生活在那里。

图片来源：NASA/Ken Thornsley