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Barbara S. Warren, Nest Site Selection in Several Species of Herons and the Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) in Three Heronries in Virginia, Proceedings of the Colonial Waterbird Group, Vol. 1 (1978), pp. 167-178
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