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Great Egret W/ Mating Mask

Ardea Alba

Photo by Nimbid Ditavi
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Field Notes

Description:

The Great Egret is a Large, Widely distributed Egret distributed along tropical and warm Habitats. When its time to breed and get attention from the females, the Male Great Egret turn its Yellow mask into a Green one as you can see, This turns this gorgeous bird into a more beautiful bird.

Habitat:

Tropical climates

Notes:

Even though this was spotted in Leticia, This egret can also be seen in Bogota and other urbanized cities in Colombia

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Great Egret

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Comments (3)
Nimbid Ditavi
Thanks nexttogone! Spotting egrets in such a wonderful time is really amazing!
nexttogone
Beautiful series. No wonder that it is the first time I've seen one with a green mask. That is so cool.

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PublishedFebruary 18, 2013

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