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[SBB] Cattle Egret at Almaden Lake



 

The SCVAS field trip to Almaden Lake today missed seeing the Little Blue Heron but did re-find the CATTLE EGRET.  It was hanging out on the island just a few feet off the ground, at the level that the Green Herons normally hang out.  It is a mostly white bird with interesting bits of orange (e.g., bill, chest feathers, crown feathers from a little above the top of the bill over the head and down the back of the head).  The white feathers at the base of the bill project onto the bill far more than at the top, giving the bird the appearance of having a distinct chin.  There was nothing really close by for size comparison.  If you widened the scope view, you could just get in a juvenile Black-Crowned Night-Heron, all scrunched up and also partially in the greenery.  The best you could say was that the two were in the same very general size category.  The legs were buried in greenery so I can’t attest to their coloration.  Maybe someone else in the group had a better angle for that.  Anyway, given all the orange, I would say it is an adult in alternate plumage. 

 

Best Regards,

 

Kirsten R. Holmquist

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