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In the middle
delia todd

In the middle (Ardea intermedia)

.... but at the upper end. Bigger than little but smaller than great. Ken pointed out an Intermediate Egret on the far side of one of the lakes.

I still struggled with identifying these with certainty right to the end of my trip. He told me the features to look for - rounder head and shorter gape line than the Great. Once or twice I got it right, but I wasn't infallible LOL.

Nice looking birds though.
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Habitat
Wetland areas
Location
Sandy Camp Road Wetlands, Brisbane, Queensland
Date taken
23 September 2019
Scientific name
Ardea intermedia
Equipment used
Fuji Finepix HS50 Sports Mode Continuous
wilberfloss
To take a liberty with
the lyrics:
'Egrets,
You've seen a few,
Some are great,
And some are little,
But this,
This one today,
It's none of those,
It's in the middle.
You went,
To Sandy Camp,
Where the breeze,
It makes the trees sway,
And brought,
This picture home,
You did it D's way.'
Great shot, D.
(I hope that you sang this post.)
 
bievreJJ
it's indeed not always easy to identify, Delia, superb photo in a great setting, top class, many tfs!!!
 
Doc Duck
I too found them hard to tell from Greats unless both species were standing near one another.
 

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