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lxobrychus exilis
Residency: Migrates through state, year-round in South-west corner.
Diet: Eats small fish, frogs, insects and small mammals. Sometimes birds eggs and chicks.
Predators: Snapping Turtles and Red-tailed Hawks take adults. Snakes, turtles, crows and raptors eat chicks and eggs.
Nesting: Small platform of sticks and vegetation placed in cattails or bushes 8-14 in. above water. Eggs are 2-7 per clutch, pale blue or greenish white, 2 broods per year.
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Notes: Very secretive. Will climb and run through reeds 2-3 ft. above water.
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