Could be you're right, Ann. Although the brown markings on the neck of your juvenile heron are similar to those on the neck of my guy. It could be that the heron I shot in flight disappeared into the brush somewhere and this guy was a co-conspirator. BTW, this little stretch of wetland river is in a suburban area, across the street form office buildings, but I've shot numerous herons and egrets there. There are numerous lakes in the area, so it's not too surprising, but at a glance no one would mistake it for a bird sanctuary. Shot some kind of tern-looking thing there yesterday as well.
Paul On Aug 5, 2013, at 1:10 PM, Ann Sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote: > well between googling and my National Geo print book, I still come up with > bittern for you guy... > > Note the shortness and color of legs > > .. Great blue's don't have yellow legs... and bittern's toupee could just be > wind-blown > > Browsing google , one thing that came up was a spectacular shot of > a juvenile great blue which convinced me more your's is a bittern, > although I can certainly see why the confusion. > Fun to do this - its like we were out birding together :-) > > http://www.pbase.com/rcm1840/image/70910463 > > ann > > > > > On 8/5/2013 12:34, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> A good guess, Ann, but the Bittern has brown wings and no crown of feathers >> -- as far as I can tell. And I did follow the bird that I shot in flight. >> I'm sure he landed in the water. I was convinced at first that this was a >> different bird, but after looking at some pics of juvenile herons on the >> Audubon pages, I think this is the same bird. Could b wrong of course. >> >> >> On Aug 5, 2013, at 12:19 PM, Ann Sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote: >> >>> I think the second one is a Bittern, Paul >>> ann >>> >>> On 8/5/2013 10:21, Paul Stenquist wrote: >>>> This somewhat immature Heron was standing in a shallow Rouge River feeder >>>> stream in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. As I approached it took flight. I >>>> followed it downstream a couple hundred feet and saw another bird that >>>> appeared to be a different species standing on a log (unfortunately, >>>> against a busy background). He had a crown of feathers standing straight >>>> up and brown markings on his neck. After studying the Audubon guide this >>>> morning, I've come to the conclusion that they're one and the same. Herons >>>> all have that crown of feathers, but this is the first time I've seen them >>>> extended. >>>> >>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17486421&size=lg >>>> >>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17486422&size=lg >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
