"grey" Snowy Egret, Campeche, Mexico (1 Viewer)

[Valéry Schollaert]

Hi all,

It is possible, from this single shot, to say if this Snowy Egret is just dirty or if the feathers above are really grey for some reasons ? I guess bare parts colours exclude hybridation but a second thought is welcome.

Photo from today in a mixed egret colony in Ciudad del Carmen (estado de Campeche, México).

Thanks

 

[Microtus]

The feathers look dirty to me.

 

[njlarsen]

My guess is the same. At one time, I uploaded a series of images of a cattle egret which was almost black - as it moulted during the following period, these feathers were replaced with some that looked a lot more as usual.
Niels

 

[Valéry Schollaert]

thanks guys

 

[Tired]

It does look a bit like pigmentation, but I think that's just mud.