tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27725413.post5427383998898336587..comments2024-03-27T18:27:13.795+08:00Comments on Of North Borneo Birds and others: Some waders at Tinagat, Tawau end November 2011Wong Tsu Shihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11674542352543562928noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27725413.post-67762029955087361042012-04-25T22:02:06.864+08:002012-04-25T22:02:06.864+08:00hi all,
provided with this Great Egret alba vs mo...hi all,<br /><br />provided with this Great Egret alba vs modesta thingy going, I found this photo in Korea, and the size comparison seemed to be something interesting: http://www.birdskorea.org/Images/images2005/modestaandalba22octkimhyuntae.jpg<br /><br /><br />For full account, look for it from this link: http://www.birdskorea.org/Birds/Birdnews/BK-BN-Review-2005.shtml<br /><br /><br />I doubt such size difference could had been from the same subspecies provided that both sexes of Great Egrets, especially nesting ones, had not been noticed to have significant difference, what shocked me is that the difference was quite obvious when placed side by side!jytouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13187121808214078185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27725413.post-83401126275452951592012-04-20T19:16:15.404+08:002012-04-20T19:16:15.404+08:00Hi Wong
I think Chris may be right though. Check ...Hi Wong<br /><br />I think Chris may be right though. Check the different leg colour too. I sent you an email about recently.<br /><br />Davedigdeephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03476936736306373644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27725413.post-25837324996316362282011-12-02T22:40:22.977+08:002011-12-02T22:40:22.977+08:00Nice observation there, Chris Kehoe, I have never ...Nice observation there, Chris Kehoe, I have never thought of that as the alba race. According to Brazil this race winters furthest south to islands in southern Japan, so I think it is quite unlikely to come here. There were a number of Great Egrets around on that day, I did not notice this bird as particularly bigger than the rest, but when these two were close to each other, I noticed one was much smaller than the other. May be I got a pair of birds that were on both end of their size range.Wong Tsu Shihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11674542352543562928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27725413.post-57676114556165443002011-12-02T14:55:02.818+08:002011-12-02T14:55:02.818+08:00very nice collection Mr. Wong! Your Pond Heron loo...very nice collection Mr. Wong! Your Pond Heron looks like a breeding plumage Javan to me. More interesting though are the Great Egrets, the larger bird is probably a migrant of the much larger race alba which would be a new subspecies for Borneo I think. It is possible that the two will be split again as Eastern (modesta) and Western (alba) Great Egrets......Chrisk65https://www.blogger.com/profile/00071829608701804732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27725413.post-28262834857939594442011-12-01T15:19:02.628+08:002011-12-01T15:19:02.628+08:00A nice collection of waterbirds. Congrats on your ...A nice collection of waterbirds. Congrats on your Tattler. It just so happen that I also just got mine a few weeks back in Penang.Choy Wai Munhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08481654049960954505noreply@blogger.com