Great Egret, Ardea alba, (in breeding) viligant in Nundah Creek, taken at Nudgee Beach Wetlands, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Photographed January 2013 - © 2013 Lesley Bray Photography - All Rights Reserved.
The Great Egret is a large white water bird with yellow bill. The neck is about one and a half times as long as the body. It has dark grey or black legs. The bill becomes very dark almost black in the breeding season, and the skin on face becomes greenish. It also grows long plumes on its back during the breeding season. Immatures are similar to adults with darker tip to the bill.
Photographed January 2013 - © 2013 Lesley Bray Photography - All Rights Reserved.
The Great Egret is a large white water bird with yellow bill. The neck is about one and a half times as long as the body. It has dark grey or black legs. The bill becomes very dark almost black in the breeding season, and the skin on face becomes greenish. It also grows long plumes on its back during the breeding season. Immatures are similar to adults with darker tip to the bill.
Great Egret, Ardea alba, (in breeding) viligant in Nundah Creek, taken at Nudgee Beach Wetlands, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Photographed January 2013 - © 2013 Lesley Bray Photography - All Rights Reserved.
The Great Egret is a large white water bird with yellow bill. The neck is about one and a half times as long as the body. It has dark grey or black legs. The bill becomes very dark almost black in the breeding season, and the skin on face becomes greenish. It also grows long plumes on its back during the breeding season. Immatures are similar to adults with darker tip to the bill.
Photographed January 2013 - © 2013 Lesley Bray Photography - All Rights Reserved.
The Great Egret is a large white water bird with yellow bill. The neck is about one and a half times as long as the body. It has dark grey or black legs. The bill becomes very dark almost black in the breeding season, and the skin on face becomes greenish. It also grows long plumes on its back during the breeding season. Immatures are similar to adults with darker tip to the bill.
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