The
Heron is a great egret plumage is completely white. Besides the size of
Heron of other white herons, yellow beak and black legs can be
distinguished, although the bill is darker and lighter legs in the
breeding season. Males and females are identical in appearance to
non-breeding adults. This characteristic of herons, bitterns, and
distinguishes them from storks, cranes, ibises and spoonbills, which
extend their necks in flight.
The Heron is a bird not usually vocal
breeding colonies, however, are often a loud croaking Cuk Cuk Cuk. A
heron, in part, the migration of birds in the northern hemisphere in the
southern areas, where cold winter. It breeds in colonies in trees near
the Great Lakes and other large wetland reeds. Bulky stick nest. A large
species of heron, very successful, many large and extended.
The
Great Egret is a large heron with all-white plumage. Standing up to 1 m
(3.3 ft) tall, this species can measure 80 to 104 cm (31 to 41 in) in
length and have a wingspan of 131 to 170 cm (52 to 67 in). Body mass can
range from 700 to 1,500 g (1.5 to 3.3 lb), with an average of around
1,000 g (2.2 lb). It is thus only slightly smaller than the Great Blue
or Grey Heron (A. cinerea).
Apart
from size, the Great Egret can be distinguished from other white egrets
by its yellow bill and black legs and feet, though the bill may become
darker and the lower legs lighter in the breeding season. In breeding
plumage, delicate ornamental feathers are borne on the back. Males and
females are identical in appearance; juveniles look like non-breeding
adults. Differentiated from the Intermediate Egret (Mesophoyx
intermedius) by the gape, which extends well beyond the back of the eye
in case of the Great Egret, but ends just behind the eye in case of the
Intermediate Egret.
The Extended Range north to the south of Canada. In 1953, under the great heron as a symbol of the National Audubon Society, which was founded chosen, in part, to avoid killing birds their feathers. 22, May 2012, the two egret nests in Britain was first announced Shapwick Heath nature reserve in Somerset. The species is a rare visitor to the UK, and Ben Aviss told the BBC that the news might mean before the founding heron colonies in the UK.