Great egret (Ardea alba) Date: 23.5.2014 Location: Galveston Harbour, USA Other Names : Great White Egret (British English) Grande Aigrette (French) Garza blanca, Garza grande, Garza real (Spanish) All white in color the Great Egrets are tall, long-legged wading birds with long, S-curved necks and long, dagger-like bills. In flight, the long neck is tucked in and the legs extend far beyond the tip of the short tail. Legs are Long and black ,Bill is pointed, yellow-orange. Length : 37–40.9 in/94–104 cm Wingspan: 51.6–57.1 in/131–145 cm Weight :35.3 oz /1000 g Great Egrets available in both freshwater and saltwater habitats,wades in shallow water.They hunt in marshes, swamps, streams, rivers, ponds, lakes, impoundments, lagoons, tidal flats, canals, ditches, fish-rearing ponds, flooded farm fields, and sometimes upland habitats.eats mainly small fish but also eats amphibians, reptiles, birds, small mammals and invertebrates such as crayfish, prawns, shrimp, polychaete worms, isopods, dragonflies and damselflies, whirligig beetles, giant water bugs, and grasshoppers A colonial nesters, typically placing stick nests high in trees. Snowny https://flickr/photos/kawsar19/15293815661/
Posted on: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 13:16:53 +0000
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