Featured Article: Little Egret
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Identification
A small white heron with black legs and bill, and yellow feet. In breeding plumage it has two long slender plumes from the back of the head and plumes on the back and breast. Most of the year, the lores are bluish-grey, but in pre-breeding display they become bright yellow, orange, or even flushed bright red in excited birds.
Habitat
Slow-flowing rivers, shallow lakes and flooded fields, also on brackish lagoons, estuaries and along shorelines.
