Habitat in coastal islands, coasts, bays, estuaries, rivers, lakes, ponds, streams, rice fields and swamps near the coast. You can see individual, paired or integrated small group activities, and occasionally dozens of large groups are together. During the day, I often fly to streams, rivers, salt fields and rice fields near the coast for activities and foraging.
Spring and autumn migration activities are carried out in April and June of each year165438+1October. Mainly feed on all kinds of small fish, and also eat animal food such as shrimp, crab, tadpole and aquatic insects. It is usually pecked while walking by the river, salt field or paddy field. Its long mouth, long neck and long legs are very convenient for preying on animals in the water.
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Egrets feed on small fish, shrimp, frogs, locusts, crickets and other animals.
The little egret is a medium-sized wading bird, with a body length of 52-68 cm, and the whole body feathers are quite similar to those of large and medium-sized egrets, with slim body and white body. Stephane has two slender decorative feathers on her pillow, and withered feathers on her front neck and back. Decorative feathers and withered feathers fall off in winter. Eyes are pink in summer, yellow-green in winter and bare skin. During the reproductive period, there are two long feathers on the pillow, such as double braids.
There are also spear feathers on the chest, but not as long as the crown feathers on the pillow. The tips of the withered feathers on the back are slightly curled. After the breeding period, both the crown feather and the withering feather will fall off. The eyes are yellow, the mouth is black, the base of the lower mouth is pale, the face is bare and the skin is gray, the feet and legs are black, and the toes are often mixed with yellow.
Habitat in plains, hills and low-altitude lakes, streams, ponds, fish ponds, rice fields, estuaries, reservoirs, rivers, swamps and beaches. When looking for food, don't live in groups, but peek at food in scattered forms or alone on the river beach and lake.
Feed on all kinds of small fish, Monopterus albus, loach, ants, grubs, Coleoptera and Lepidoptera larvae, aquatic insects and other animal foods, and also eat a small amount of plant foods such as grains. Like paddy fields, river banks, beaches, mudflats and coastal streams. Often inhabit rivers, coasts, swamps or rice fields. It usually appears in streams, paddy fields, fish ponds, swamps, estuaries and sandbars from flat land to low altitude, and some of them will move south in winter.
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