Wednesday 24 September 2014

Heran and Egret

Eastern Great Egret
The eastern great egret (Ardea alba modesta), a white heron measuring 83–103 cm (33–41 in) in length and weighing 0.7–1.2 kg (1.5–2.6 lb), the eastern great egret is a large heron with all-white plumage. Its bill is yellow in the breeding season and black at other times, and its long legs are red or black. The colours of the bare parts change during the breeding season. The breeding plumage is also marked by long neck plumes and a green facial area.
 eastern great egret 
 eastern great egret colony
The diet includes vertebrates such as fish, frogs, small reptiles, small birds and rodents, and invertebrates such as insects, and crustaceans. The eastern great egret hunts by wading or standing still in shallow water and "spearing" prey with its bill. 
 All photographs are captured in Lodha heaven Dombivili east Thane, Maharastra

Snowy Egret,
as literature said snowy egret is found in USA mexico, jamaica etc countryes but the captured pics are similar to that species,
 All photographs are captured in Lodha heaven Dombivili east Thane, Maharastra
 Egret with Little cormorents




The moment of catching fish
Little bitten
 The little bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) is a wading bird in the heron familyIt is a very small bittern; measuring 25–36 cm (9.8–14.2 in) in length, 40–58 cm (16–23 in) across the wings and weighing 59–150 g (2.1–5.3 oz). 
 It is among the smallest herons on earth. It has a short neck, longish bill and buff underparts. The male's back and crown are black, and the wings are black with a large white patch on each wing. The female has a browner back and a buff-brown wing patch.


The little bittern's breeding habitat is reed beds. It nests on platforms of reeds in shrubs, and four to eight eggs are laid. These bitterns feed on fish, insects and amphibians.
 All photographs are captured in Lodha heaven Dombivili east Thane, Maharastra

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