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【EGRETS AND HERONS 】
Egrets and herons usually seen in Amami
are Great Egrets, Intermediate Egrets, Little Egrets, Cattle Egrets, Eastern
Reef Herons and Grey Herons. They are all migratory birds, but some of them stay
all year around.
Beaches, tidal flats, coral reefs, mouths of rivers and rice paddies are
their main feeding grounds, but Cattle Egrets catch chiefly insects in
the fields and grasslands.
Picture 1 A Great Heron
is hunting prey along the water's edge.
Picture 2 Intermediate
Egrets on the tidal flats. (The little one in the front is a Little
Egret.)
Picture 3 A Little Egret
is flying over the coral reef. (The Little Egret has the black feet and yellow
toes.)
Picture 4 An Eastern Reef
Heron is wading in the water.
Picture 5 Grey Herons are the biggest among the egrets and herons observed
in Amami.
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