The pelicans were there in force, competing for space with seagulls and a giant snowy egret.

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And every now and again, there was a squawk and a splash as a heron or egret rushed startled into the night.

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The brown mud of its banks was a rich text of bird prints, and my boot marks joined the tracks of heron, cormorant, gull and egret.

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But I'll admit that I look more like a chimp than I look like my cousin the shrimp or my distant kin the lichens or the snowy egret or the moss.

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Oasis parks are colorfully named Rattlesnake, Steelhead and Egret.

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The wetland, which includes the coastal Unryul Migratory Birds Reserve, play an important conservation role as habitats for shore birds and critical areas for many migratory bird species of north-east Asia such as black-faced spoonbill (Platalea minor), Chinese egret (Egretta eulophotes) and red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis).

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