dark grey morph western reef heron - egretta gularis schistacea - in sea waters

aare aquatic arabian ardeidae asian avian avifauna background beach beak beaked bird black ciconiformes coast coastline crown dark egret egretta fauna food forage foraging ganpatipule gray grey gularis heron india indian konkan legs life maharashtra marine morph ocean oceanic plume plumes prey ratnagiri reef running schistacea seashore shore shorebird slaty wader walking ware water waters western yellow