I thought it is going to catch a fish (see the third photo) Turns out I stood there waiting for 10 minutes (just like the bird) and kept asking my friend “Do you think that it is targeting a fish and I’d going to catch it?”.
This is a great egret (大白鷺), with a yellow pointed beak. It can be easily spotted near rivers in Hong Kong.
Another one that looks very similar is little egret (小白鷺), which has a black pointed beak instead.
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐧-𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐤? That’s spoonbills!
Black-faced spoonbill #黑臉琵鷺 is an endangered species that also be spotted in Hong Kong during winters.
𝗪𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨? 1, 2 or 3
𝗪𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐦 𝐈?
Shing Mun River, ShaTin 沙田城門河
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