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Purple Heron

Ardea purpurea

Description:

A wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae.

Habitat:

The Purple Heron breeds in colonies in reed beds or trees close to large lakes or other extensive wetlands.It feeds in shallow water, spearing fish, frogs, insects and small mammals

Notes:

Resident in Sri Lanka

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4 Comments

FrancisQuintana
FrancisQuintana 11 years ago

Great capture!

Congratulations, Sarala Jeevanthi another Fantastic in flight photograph.

patty
patty 11 years ago

Incredible picture Sarala! It must be amazing to see such a big bird flying. Very nice. Greetings.

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

i'm running out of adjectives for this one :-) just Wooow!!

Katharagama UP, Sri Lanka

Spotted on Nov 24, 2012
Submitted on Nov 24, 2012

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