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Monday, 22 July 2013

Egret's

There are five species of Egret that call Australia Home.

Cattle Egret 48-53cm, arrived in the North of Australia about 1950. Eastern Great Egret 0.85-1.05cm.
Eastern Reef Egret 60-65cm,with a Dark & Light Morph phase.
Intermediate Egret 55-65cm.
Little Egret 55-65cm.

Click on photos to enlarge. 



 Cattle Egret (Ardea ibis) 
Eastern Great Egret (Ardea alba)

Eastern Reef Egret (Egretta sacra) (Dark Morph)
Have seen the Light Morph phase,unfortunately no photos.

Intermediate Egret (Ardea intermedia)

Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
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12 comments:

  1. mick23 July 2013 at 16:36

    Congrats on getting great photos of all five!

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  2. Snail23 July 2013 at 18:58

    You've got the set!

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  3. Unknown24 July 2013 at 07:16

    Great series!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.

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  4. eileeninmd24 July 2013 at 10:54

    They are all beautiful Egrets. Great shots!

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  5. Karen24 July 2013 at 13:23

    Wow, what a great series. Five of them!

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  6. Carole M.24 July 2013 at 15:48

    interesting to see the Eastern Reef Egret especially

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  7. Unknown24 July 2013 at 20:44

    Now I didn't know that Cattle egrets were such a late arrival! Great shots, Thanks for sharing!

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  8. Unknown27 July 2013 at 04:51

    Gorgeous birds!

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  9. Sharon Wagner27 July 2013 at 07:13

    Nice egret mix up. It makes me wonder how many more kinds there are.

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  10. TexWisGirl27 July 2013 at 09:20

    wonderful bunch!

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  11. TexWisGirl27 July 2013 at 09:21

    hope my comment went thru. not sure.

    like this set. really like the reef one!

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  12. Rajesh27 July 2013 at 12:32

    Great shots of the egret.

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