- Recorded 12 July 2010
- Added to IBC 2 years 24 weeks ago
- Steve Garvie
- Locality Lake Baringo, Kenya (ssp purpurea).
Rating
More material of this species
- 4.7An adult harpo...India, Dec 2009
- 4.5in flightIsrael, May 2009
- 4.4An adult shadi...Kenya, Jul 2010
- 4.4UNA GARZA IMPE...Spain, Jun 2004
- 4.4Coming to the ...Italy, Apr 2013
- 4.3juveniles wann...Taiwan, Jun 2011
Recent material by Steve Garvie
- 4.6A perched imma...Kenya, Jul 2012
- 4.3An adult perch...Kenya, Jul 2010
- 4.2An adult male ...Kenya, Jul 2010
- 4.3A calling adul...Kenya, Jul 2010
- 4.4An adult shadi...Kenya, Jul 2010
- 4.4Male Verreaux'...Kenya, Jul 2010
Image taken from a small boat using a 500mm lens + 1.4x teleconverter.
Lake Baringo has a number of accessible (from boat) heron/egret colonies but it is important not to approach too close as when the adults are displaced young nestlings can easily cook in the equatorial sun!