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Egrets (3 of 3)

To: Peter Ormay <>
Subject: Egrets (3 of 3)
From: Erika Roper <>
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2013 21:07:45 +1100
While on the subject of egrets, there was one at the Bungendore Ponds on the 1st, but I am yet to conclude what species it was. Here are photos of the entire bird, and a close up of the head. I'm a bit confused by my field guide, as the neck appears to be the same length as the body (= Intermediate), but the head is long and snakey, with flat forehead (= Great), but again the bare skin doesn't extend behind the eye (= Intermediate). Any thoughts? Egrets are confusing...

Thanks!

On 9 January 2013 19:32, Peter Ormay <> wrote:
Hello Geoffrey,
Thank you for this interesting exercise. Can you dig out some Intermediates to compare or are there no good ID features?
Peter
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