I would go with juvenile Green Heron for Paul's photograph: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17486422&size=lg
See this illustration from Sibley's field guide (conveniently in the same pose): http://i.imgur.com/Cph7z1u.png Or the juvenile photograph here: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/green_heron/id On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 1:35 PM, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > 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. -- 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.
