Chris Sanderson has pointed out my error in omitting the green base from the bill of the breeding Intermediate. I wouldn’t go on with this, but it should be got right. The breeding Great has a black bill with a green base. We had one at Kellys that I exhibited on this chatline at the time, but it was so long ago I can’t locate it either in my files or in the list archive
From: Geoffrey Dabb [
Sent: Thursday, 10 January 2013 1:41 PM
To: Barbara Allan
Cc:
Subject: [canberrabirds] FW: egrets
Barbara - I do have somewhere a good reddish bill and legs, but, rather than search for it, it’s easier to do this …
From: Barbara Allan
Sent: Thursday, 10 January 2013 8:14 AM
To: Geoffrey Dabb
Subject: egrets
Geoff, throw in a photo of an IE in full breeding plumage with bright red bill. b
