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Egret with red forehead?
« on: Nov 6th, 2003, 10:43pm » |
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3 egrets with red forehead was spotted in Long Valley today: Are they Cattle Egrets?
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Mike Kilburn
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Re: Egret with red forehead?
« Reply #1 on: Nov 6th, 2003, 11:46pm » |
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Yes they are Cattle Egret. The "Red" is the first sign of breeding plumage - check out the HK Birds guide book for pix of the two plumages of Cattle Egret Mike
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