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Squacco Heron

Ardeola ralloides

Description:

A small and fairly visible daytime hunter, this bird stalks through shallow water searching for fish and other small animals.

Habitat:

Near water. In Egypt it is quite common in the Nile Delta and Valley.

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2 Comments

pythonzaki
pythonzaki 10 years ago

I will catch up with that Kathleen, I uploaded these and forgot to go back to them later!

KathleenMcEachern
KathleenMcEachern 10 years ago

Hi! Love your spottings but could you add a bit of info with each one? Makes it more interesting and educational if you share where you took the photo and a bit of your experience with the spotting subject! Thanks!

pythonzaki
Spotted by
pythonzaki

الأقصر, Egypt

Spotted on Dec 25, 2012
Submitted on May 14, 2013

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