There was a similar looking bird (very similar bill and leg colour) seen on a
Birds WA excursion to ALCOA Wellard Wetlands (~30mins south of Perth city). It
caused a good deal of confusion at the time as the bill and leg colour
suggested a Great Egret but the gape was wrong and the size and active hunting
behaviour indicated a Little Egret. Photos of the bird were taken and it was
confirmed as a Little Egret.
Cheers
John Graff
> Has anybody else noticed Little Egrets with this much yellow in the legs? All
> of the references I looked at failed to really mention this, though I did
> find a
> line in HANZAB saying "Sometimes legs and feet, greenish-yellow" (which is
> referenced to Coates's "The Birds of Papua New Guinea Vol 1.").
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