Great White Egret (Part 2)

Paul Iddon

A rare sighting at Brockholes in Preston, only 3 other records of the Great White Egret prior to the one currently there. (Part 2).

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Paul.

lifeinfocus

Many good ones. Like #12 "Comin for a landing".

Phil

Hunter58

Very nice. We have some in south Florida, but rarely seen.

Paul Iddon

lifeinfocus wrote: »

Many good ones. Like #12 "Comin for a landing".

Phil

Hunter58 wrote: »

Very nice. We have some in south Florida, but rarely seen.

Thank you gents. Seen 3 times prior in my city, so I am quite privileged to get such good views today.


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kdog

Seriously? They're like pigeons around here. Congrats, you got some great shots. They are pretty magnificent birds.

Hunter58

kdog wrote: »

Seriously? They're like pigeons around here. Congrats, you got some great shots. They are pretty magnificent birds.

If you live in CA, you probably haven't seen any. These are not Great Egrets which I'm sure you see daily. Here in the US they are called Great White Herons and they are different. The biggest clue is the legs. Great Egret legs are pure black.

Here is some info on the Great White Heron in the US: http://www.sibleyguides.com/2007/11/great-white-heron-not-just-a-color-morph/

Here is a link to photos of one (not mine, although I wish they were) http://www.ejphoto.com/great_white_heron_page.htm

Paul Iddon

Thanks folks.

Kdog - I wonder if it is a little egret (or maybe a cattle egret you've seen).

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kdog

Ok, I see. Paul, I believe what we have out here are great white egrets. This is the species I'm talking about.

http://www.desertilluminations.com/Animals/California-Wildlife/i-6wDfCq7/0/L/IMG_0959-L.jpg

http://www.desertilluminations.com/Animals/California-Wildlife/i-nN3Dtt3/0/XL/IMG_0995-XL.jpg

http://www.jacara.com/cpg144/albums/ca_birds/IMG_6557.jpg

They very large, very similar to your birds, but pure black legs. We also have snowy egrets which are smaller, and cattle egrets which are small.

Paul Iddon

Beautiful birds. You got so close compared to what I could ever get.

Paul.

kdog

Paul Iddon wrote: »

Beautiful birds. You got so close compared to what I could ever get.

Paul.

Thanks, Paul. You'd love the birding in the states.

I made my images in this thread links. I shouldn't have posted images in your thread. Sorry about that.

Paul Iddon

larrytoxi wrote: »

Landing pic in itself is great. Nice shot.

Cheers Larry

kdog wrote: »

Thanks, Paul. You'd love the birding in the states.

I made my images in this thread links. I shouldn't have posted images in your thread. Sorry about that.

Not an issue for me m8 - feel free.

Paul.