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We were driving adjacent to the Grand Canal in Venice and spotted these white birds as they climbed up the bank. No, not Venice, Italy but Venice, California. We aren’t sure what species these waterfowl are, but they sure are pretty.
Looks like the big one may be a white heron — also called great egret. See WikiPedia article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Heron