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Squacco heron

Squacco heron - Ardeola ralloides

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  1. View Jivko Nakev's profile
    Jivko Nakev
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    I wonder if someone could help me to identify the yellow water flowers? Posted 11 years ago
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      WildFlower
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      It should be Nymphoides peltata
      Yellow Floating-hearts There is a frog head next to it and some floating fern around it. Bulgaria,Geotagged,Nymphoides peltata,Srebarna Nature Reserve
       Posted 11 years ago
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        Jivko Nakev
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        Great, that's it.
        Interesting, while searching "water-lily" in Google only the Nymphaea water-lilies show up. There are so many photos of them in the net....
        Thank you WildFlower!         Posted 11 years ago

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The Squacco Heron

The Squacco Heron, "Ardeola ralloides", is a small heron, 44–47 centimetres long, of which the body is 20–23 centimetres, with 80–92 centimetres wingspan. It is of Old World origins, breeding in southern Europe and the Greater Middle East.

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Similar species: Pelicans, Herons, Ibises
Species identified by Jivko Nakev
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By Jivko Nakev

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Uploaded Jul 27, 2014. Captured Jul 19, 2014 09:16 in 21, 7587 Srebarna, Bulgaria.
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  • Canon EOS 70D
  • f/4.0
  • 1/500s
  • ISO125
  • 280mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.