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| | Scientific name: Ardea alda
Size: 90cm
Status: Common
Diet: Feeds mainly on fish and also eats crustaceans and insects.
Habitat: Rivers, mud flats, edges of inland swamps, and shallows of wetlands.
Breeding: Breeds in loose colonies during early Summer. Three to six eggs are laid on a platform nest up to 15 metres above the ground.
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| | Great Egret
/Great+Egret/$File/Great+Egret.jpg) When hunting the Egret stands motionless until prey is spotted then darts it, the Egret spears pray with it's long bill. |
