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Little egret and Sunfish (Egretta garzetta) (Egretta garzetta)

Little egret (Egretta garzetta) and its catch, like the cat and the mouse.
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Habitat
Wetland
Location
Northern Italy
Date taken
Spring 2023
Scientific name
Egretta garzetta
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delia todd
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Some great videos you've uploaded lately Ornitomania... I've had a grand time looking through them.

I've now made sure they're all linked to be playable through the Opus articles. Thanks so much for sharing them with us.
 
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Still waiting to see it in the wild, so enjoyed the close views. I've never noticed you can watch it in HD (because of my thrift with mobile data, perhaps). Regarding the Little Egret, I never knew there was a V-shaped groove along the bottom of its lower mandible--it makes the bill seem all the more daggerlike. Also, one misses how elegant the white plumage looks (and especially the hanging 'mane' along the neck) in spite of it being monochrome. Wonder why the nervous tapping with of the right foot at the beginning and end of the video.
 

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