Egret

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rawshorty
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Egret

I am thinking intermediate but happy to be corrected.

Jerra wetlands, Canberra.

SteveM
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Great Egret. Note the bare gape skin below the eye reaches to back edge of the eye. On Intermediate, this bare skin stops at the middle of the eye.

rawshorty
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Thanks, Steve.

I have talked to a few people today and they confirm Great.

What put me off was the size, it was smaller than the usual great that i see here.

Shorty......Canon gear

Canberra

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Woko
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Don't be fooled by the Hunchback of Notre Dame look, Shorty.

Devster
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I have trouble with these as well.

Does that mean the first picture here is an Intermediate Egret and the second is a Great Egret?

Cheers

Devster

pacman
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yes, the gape is sufficiently clear on both birds

Peter

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