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Royal Spoonbill (and friends)

Platalea regia

Photo by Steve A
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Field Notes

Habitat:

This individual was spotted near Kianga, New South Wales (SE Australia) where we later spotted a small group wading through the marshes.

Notes:

Also in the photo an Australian Wood Duck and a Great Egret (Ardea alba) - I'll let you work out which is which!

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Comments (1)
alicelongmartin
It looks like Mr. Spoonbill objects to the intrusion of Mr. duck as if he had a secret to tell Mr Egret.

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