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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pandachris" data-source="post: 1844021" data-attributes="member: 29914">Isn't wildlife (and the pursuit of it it) wonderful? Fantastic stuff so far, Jos.I'm intrigued by your comment "almost certainly a hybrid Little Egret-Western Reef Heron.". We saw a bird like this near Tavira in southern Portugal last year and the opionion of the locals was that it was also LExWRE. Any idea where all these hybrids are coming from? There's certainly the odd Little Egret knocking abot in the area but to hybridise with another species they need a mum or dad who is a member of that other species. Are egret hybrids particularly prone to wandering? There certainly don't seem to be many records of Western Reef Herons in the Algarve. Is there one particularly amorous but elusive male chasing around Andlusia with a taste for Little Egret ladies?</blockquote>