egyptian+herons

__//**Egyptian Grey Herons**//__

The Egyptian Grey Heron is also a predator that hunts on the coasts of the Mediterranean sea. It prefers the muddy banks and murky waters of the Nile estuary also. This bird feeds on just about anything that they can catch from fish, amphibians, arthropods, crustaceans, reptiles, smaller birds, and they will also scavenge and steal prey from other animals. These birds nest in groups, and make their nests in the dense reeds of the Nile estuaries banks. Mating season is typically year round for the Grey Heron, and when in this mating state it has a series of courting calls to attract a mate and claps its bills together and erects the the plumes on its neck while flapping its wings.