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Little Egret with flesh coloured toes? (1 Viewer)
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Owen Krout
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We get a lot of Little Egret in Liaoning, China and I can't say I've seen that particular coloration before, but I wouldn't consider it to be outside of normal color variations.
Barred Wobbler
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That's the obvious answer that was suggested the last time. Ive seen many little egrets with black feet flying off from feeding in muddy estuaries or other similar habitats.
KenM
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The brook is shallow and stoney where the Legrets feed outback to my abode, I see them nearly every day between late Summer and late Spring often several times a day, and virtually always in flight, or perched up on trees. Invariably feet exposed most times, and they are always yellow, apart from this instance and as mentioned before, hence the question regarding ageing. I dunno...
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Earnest lad
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I too saw some Little egrets with apparently flesh-coloured toes, and wondered about that. That was in Sri Lanka.
johnallcock
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The feet often turn pink/purple for a short while at the start of the breeding season, as do the lores. This change in bare part colour is fairly common among herons.
Juvenile Little Egrets already have green/yellow feet while in the nest, usually extending up the legs initially but becoming restricted to the feet only after a few weeks.
Juvenile Little Egrets already have green/yellow feet while in the nest, usually extending up the legs initially but becoming restricted to the feet only after a few weeks.
KenM
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Good to know John. :t:
jurek
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I think the bird on the photo may have dull yellow legs, and the color is a trick of light.
But I saw Little Egrets with grey-pinkish, greenish, dark grey or blackish feet. Especially dark feet seem to be quite normal in first-year birds, and a sort of laziness of field guides not to mention it.
But I saw Little Egrets with grey-pinkish, greenish, dark grey or blackish feet. Especially dark feet seem to be quite normal in first-year birds, and a sort of laziness of field guides not to mention it.
