It is also known as medium egret the size between great and small egret. It eats fish, frog and insects, it nests in colonies with colonies with other herons, the clutch consists of 2 to 3 eggs but there can also be 6 the color of the eggs are pale green with a smooth pitted shell, the incubation period is 27 days they crouch over the nest and raise thier plumes defending the nest and point their bill towards the nest.
Country India
Location T.S. Rahaman Campus, Nhava Shiva Navi Mumbai, India
Gender Unknown
Age Adult
Activity Feeding in the Wild, Hunting, Preening
Rare (For the Location)? Yes
Anthropomorphism Other
Comparison to Another Species Yes
Artsy-Fartsy Yes
- Created Timestamp01/01/2000 00:00:35
- CameraCanon EOS 1000D
- Aperture5.6
- Focal Length329
- Iso800
- Shutter Speed1/640
- Orientation1