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Ardea cinerea
Adult has dagger-like yellow bill and black crest feathers. Head, neck and underparts otherwise whitish except for black streaks on front of neck and breast. Back and wings are blue-grey. In flight, wings are broad and rounded with black flight feathers; filght pattern comprises slow, flapping wingbeats.
Widepsread and common on wetlands and sheltered coasts.
Spotted in the Rio Formosa Natural Park, with 2 others, fishing with no success. :)
Spotted on Jul 22, 2012
Submitted on Jul 22, 2012
3 Comments
Great series Dangermouse,congrats,please consider adding this spotting to the new global mission http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1837...
It was fun to watch him fishing - they are incredibly shy birds here, don't usually manage to get so close. Not sure why there was a problem with the third photo - deleted it anyway. Thanks. :)
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