intermediate egret (breeding)
Many thanks for your visits, faves and comments. Cheers.
....from a visit to Buckley's Hole. Buckley's Hole Conservation Park is situated in the south-west corner of Bribie Island, the northern-most sand island in Moreton Bay, some 50 kilometres north of Brisbane. The park covers an area of 87.7 hectares and contains a freshwater lagoon, woodland, open forest and beach. It is this diversity of habitat that has led to such a large number of bird species being recorded in this small area, the present total standing at 270.
Intermediate egret
Scientific Name: Ardea intermedia
Description: The Intermediate Egret is intermediate in size between the Little Egret and the Great Egret. It is white with yellow bill and grey legs. In the breeding season the bill turns reddish and it develops plumes on back and chest. Males and females are similar in appearance.
Size: 60cm - 70cm
Habitat: wetlands, swamps, flooded grassland
Food: fish, frog, crustaceans, insects
Breeding: nests in colonies in trees in swamps or mangroves. The nest is made of sticks. Lays three or four pale blue oval eggs in a stick nest. Often forms breeding colonies with other species of herons.
Range: Found in eastern and northern parts of Australia, including Victoria and most of New South Wales and Queensland, tropical north of Western Australia and Northern Territory. The Intermediate Egret is also found in Africa, India, south east Asia.
(Source: www.ozanimals.com)
© Chris Burns 2015
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intermediate egret (breeding)
Many thanks for your visits, faves and comments. Cheers.
....from a visit to Buckley's Hole. Buckley's Hole Conservation Park is situated in the south-west corner of Bribie Island, the northern-most sand island in Moreton Bay, some 50 kilometres north of Brisbane. The park covers an area of 87.7 hectares and contains a freshwater lagoon, woodland, open forest and beach. It is this diversity of habitat that has led to such a large number of bird species being recorded in this small area, the present total standing at 270.
Intermediate egret
Scientific Name: Ardea intermedia
Description: The Intermediate Egret is intermediate in size between the Little Egret and the Great Egret. It is white with yellow bill and grey legs. In the breeding season the bill turns reddish and it develops plumes on back and chest. Males and females are similar in appearance.
Size: 60cm - 70cm
Habitat: wetlands, swamps, flooded grassland
Food: fish, frog, crustaceans, insects
Breeding: nests in colonies in trees in swamps or mangroves. The nest is made of sticks. Lays three or four pale blue oval eggs in a stick nest. Often forms breeding colonies with other species of herons.
Range: Found in eastern and northern parts of Australia, including Victoria and most of New South Wales and Queensland, tropical north of Western Australia and Northern Territory. The Intermediate Egret is also found in Africa, India, south east Asia.
(Source: www.ozanimals.com)
© Chris Burns 2015
__________________________________________
All rights reserved.
This image may not be copied, reproduced, distributed, republished, downloaded, displayed, posted or transmitted in any form or by any means, including electronic, mechanical, photocopying and recording without my written consent.