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  • Reuters A tri-colored heron covered in oil found off the coast of Louisiana in July this year.

    Deep Water, Deep Trouble Angela Henshall 2010

  • One of their classic appetizers, the Insalata Centocolari which used to be called their house salad has been updated to include organic tri-colored lettuces with avocado, chunks of fresh mozzarella and olives.

    Mara Gibbs: Everybody Eats Where? In New York, Sant Ambroeus Madison Mara Gibbs 2011

  • Finally the blade is tri-colored so you have the opportunity to switch between having either a red, blue or green one.

    SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles - Part 1216 2009

  • Danish Siddiqui/Reuters Supporters of the Trinamool Congress party released pigeons into the air as they celebrated beneath tri-colored flowers, the symbol of the party, on a street in Kolkata, May 13, 2011.

    Street Scenes in Kolkata 2011

  • When I heard from her last week in Louisiana, she was busy washing birds she had rarely seen such as spoonbills, laughing gulls, terns and tri-colored herons; and not only was it extremely hot, but there were also thunderstorms outside and a local tornado warning.

    Annie Spiegelman: Call of the WildCare 2010

  • On Monday, my sister and I go to the basement of the anatomy department with rows of dark, smelly cages and pick a tri-colored rabbit—black, white, and yellow—a sign of luck, according to my sister.

    A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010

  • Purple or tri-colored sage and rosemary are every bit as useful in the border as clipped, chopped and stirred into soups and stews.

    Valerie Easton: Are Your Vegetables Multi-Tasking?? 2010

  • On Monday, my sister and I go to the basement of the anatomy department with rows of dark, smelly cages and pick a tri-colored rabbit—black, white, and yellow—a sign of luck, according to my sister.

    A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010

  • Swinda Reichelt's costumes enhanced the evening's over-the-top theatricality with her ghostly-gauzed witches, sinister-striped spiders, and especially the tri-colored costume changes of Lady Macbeth: evil black, blood red, and deathly white.

    Rodney Punt: The Mortal Thoughts of Lady Macbeth: A Chamber Opera of Horrors at Fais Do-Do 2010

  • When I heard from her last week in Louisiana, she was busy washing birds she had rarely seen such as spoonbills, laughing gulls, terns and tri-colored herons; and not only was it extremely hot, but there were also thunderstorms outside and a local tornado warning.

    Annie Spiegelman: Call of the WildCare 2010

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