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(Message started by: Lynx on Nov 6^th, 2003, 10:43pm)

Title: Egret with red forehead?
Post by Lynx on Nov 6^th, 2003, 10:43pm

3 egrets with red forehead was spotted in Long Valley today:
http://www.9014316.com/birds/228_2854.jpg

Are they Cattle Egrets?

Title: Re: Egret with red forehead?
Post by Mike Kilburn on Nov 6^th, 2003, 11:46pm

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