Great Egret in suburbia

["Mike Carter" <>]

Back in the 1960s in Victoria, Great Egrets were regular visitors to at 
least urban if not suburban gardens. I then lived in Frankston in a street 
with houses that backed on to a creek. A Great Egret systematically robbed 
every garden pond of its gold fish so wire cages were installed over them to 
protect the fish. The bird would sit on the front fences adjacent the 
pavement and would freeze rather than fly when people passed within a metre. 
I was intrigued by the number of people that walked by apparently without 
noticing it.
Mike Carter
30 Canadian Bay Road
Mount Eliza  VIC 3930
Tel  (03) 9787 7136