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Subject: [OM] Re: ID this bird please?
From: Siddiq <iddibhai@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2004 09:56:34 -0700
On Fri, 3 Sep 2004 07:24:43 -0400, Skip Williams <om2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  
wrote:

>
> I got home and looked at my Indian Birds book.
>
> The only bird that fits the photos is a "Large Egret", scientific name  
> Ardea alba, found all over the Indian subcontinent.  The birds with dark  
> bills are likely immature birds, whereas the ones with yellow bills are  
> adults.
>
> Similar species are the "Great Whitebellied Heron" (Ardea insignis),  
> similar to the Great Blue Heron of North America, or a "Grey Heron"  
> (Ardea cinerea).  Both of these birds have significant grey markings or  
> black on the head, very different than the all-white Large Egret.
>
> Skip

Many thanks :) I will of course credit you for the ID when the gallery  
page goes up (about halfway through editing all the pics)

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