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Little Heron

Description:
Fairly small and stocky. Plumage grey-blue with white cap and white scales on wings; immature streaked brown.

Range:
Pan tropical. Some are residents in Peninsular Malaysia while others are migrants.

Main features:
Small (40-46cm); greenish-grey; neck short; black crown with long black crest;
adult little heron
underparts paler grey; bill black; legs and toes pale yellow/ orange; facial skin greenish. Genders look alike.

Juvenile: Generally duller; upperparts dark brown; white spots on wings; throat, neck and breast white streaked brown; legs dull green.

In flight: Wings appear all dark; toes project well beyond tail.

Call: A quiet bird. Its call described as a harsh single ke-yow or chauk when flushed into flight; a raspy kitch-itch-itch; a loud kweak..kee-kee-kee.

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Meerkat

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Crop and clean
Edited by:ldsouza

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changed hue + sat, sharpened.
I think the cropping gives more emphasis to the bird and the reflection - but that is my opinion

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Meerkat

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cropped and...
Edited by:pvs

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Hi Meerkat,

First I cropped the pctur
autolevels
saturation +9
contrast +9
USM 200% 0,3 pixels and treshol 0

All PP with Photoshop CS2

Hope you like it,
Paul

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