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jb2602
wrote:
12 Aug 2025
Large size would suggest Great but small gape consistent with Little!
Egretta garzetta
RodDeb
wrote:
3 Aug 2025
They enjoy anything that wriggles :)
Egretta novaehollandiae
MatthewFrawley
wrote:
3 Aug 2025
A skink becomes part of its diet.
Egretta novaehollandiae
natureguy
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31 Jul 2025
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Liam
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Platalea flavipes
johnpugh
wrote:
20 Jul 2025
I have seen the larger Great Egret around Jarramlee Pond and along Ginninderra Creek at Jarramlee Park. Sightings are not common and their necks are longer than their body plus heads are more pointed and streamlined.
Ardea alba
Significant sightings
Botaurus poiciloptilus
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Lake Wyangan, NSW
Botaurus poiciloptilus
at
Willbriggie, NSW
Ixobrychus dubius
at
Burrill Lake, NSW
Ixobrychus dubius
at
Burrill Lake, NSW
Plegadis falcinellus
at
Burrill Lake, NSW
Ixobrychus dubius
at
Fyshwick, ACT
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