('I may be wrong now, but I don't think so...' )
Once I thought I was wrong, but I was mistaken....
I have to admit the bird is a Green Heron
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
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From: "Ann Sanfedele" <ann...@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: PESOs Juvenile Great Blue Heron
well it was fun to examine the evidence, even if wrong conclusion - we
shall have to remember to shout out to Matthew and Darren next time.
I do think i"m right about Stan's Phoebe tho -
('I may be wrong now, but I don't think so...' )
I've been watching Monk reruns partly due to the CBS blackout in NYC :-(
ann
On 8/5/2013 13:35, Paul Stenquist 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
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