CICONIIFORMES: Ardeidae

Ardea modesta  

Eastern Great Egret (Ardea modesta)
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© Geoff Walker 2009
Manly, QLD (Mar, 2009)

The fish was all smiles - the bird was all tears. "You should have seen the size of the one that got away" was the story that went around the bird's mates. "It spiked me and then jumped." "My tongue was numb for hours"

Eastern Great Egret (Ardea modesta)

Eastern Great Egret

Eastern Great Egret (Ardea modesta)

Eastern Great Egret