Little white Egret,

Now the heronry has hatched most of the eggs   the Nile is becoming like a snow patch    some are too young to fly and most perish on the first day of falling out of the nest,  or even pushed out of the nest,  many  I saw with broken wings   most survive the fall and make for the open waters of the Nile  then stand at the waters edge wondering what is next.

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some like this little one head out into the murky waters and find a log or flotsam to stand on  this one has a broken wing    and had to struggle to get to safety.

 

Nature is cruel  sometimes,  but maybe there are to many  at this time of year and mother nature knows what to do.

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 notice  the young of all the herons have greenish legs as they get older they change to black and one of the features of the Little white Egret are its yellow feet 

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Above,  this years chick,        below ,  an adult

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Three in a row Sqacco Heron White egret, and night heron.