Bird of the month 09/2005 Great White Egret (Egretta alba) 90 cm. It's an elegant bird with its dazzlingly white plumage. It has very long and slim neck, and long yellow bill. Its legs are blackish or dull yellow mainly above joint. Upon flying its long legs and arched wings can be seen. In Hungary the Great White Egret is fairly common breeder in colonies of varying size in marshlands and on the fishponds of Transdanubia and the Great Plain. Migrant, however overwinters with increasing frequency. Habitat common breeder in Hungary on large marshes and bogs, fishponds | 
© Photo by Markku Helle |