Good point Judith, but as I haven’t actually seen the bird and as the observer hasn’t said much about it’s behaviour I can’t help in that regard. But another aspect not revealed in photos is size and the observer, Tony Bailey, has reported on that. He says that it was identical in size and shape to an accompanying typical Little Egret also photographed. Using lengths given in HANZAB and the popular field guides Pied Heron is on average 20% shorter than Little Egret so just on size it isn’t a Pied Heron.
Mike Carter 30 Canadian Bay Road Mount Eliza VIC 3930 Tel (03) 9787 7136
> —– Original Message —– > From: “Judith Hoyle” > To: ; > Sent: Monday, August 22, 2011 7:39 AM > > > A very interesting thread and one that I will happily leave for the > experts, but I was wondering if we could have more information on the > behaviour of this bird? Trying to extrapolate the jizz of a bird from a > couple of still images can lead to inaccurate conclusions. It is more > than a few years since I have seen a Pied Heron, but from memory they act > quite differently from Little Egrets (and, for that matter, from Eastern > Reef Egrets) so a detailed description of how this bird was behaving would > add useful information to the debate. > > Regards > > Judith Hoyle > Brisbane > 0437549301 > >> From: inglisrc@tpg.com.au >> To: birding-aus@vicnet.net.au >> Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2011 16:33:58 +1000 >> >> In the interest of assisting birders with the identification of the >> Little Egrets we normally see in Australia I have uploaded a few images >> showing comparisons with Eastern Great Egret, Intermediate Egret and >> Eastern Reef Egret. >> >> The images can be see by going to: >> http://users.tpg.com.au/inglisrc/ >> and clicking on the button labelled “Identifying Little Egret” in the >> menu on the left. >> >> Bob Inglis >> Sandstone Point >> Qld >
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