Need a bird i.d. Heron/Egret type
Jun 9, 2013 02:30:55 #
I can't figure this bird out. It could be a blue heron, white morph, except for the tuft on its head. Could you bird experts give me an i.d.? This was taken at Aransas Bay this March.
Jun 9, 2013 03:36:36 #
SteveR wrote:
I can't figure this bird out. It could be a blue heron, white morph, except for the tuft on its head. Could you bird experts give me an i.d.? This was taken at Aransas Bay this March.
It's just a disheveled Great Blue Heron !
They say the black plumes on head are more pronounced during mating season!
Jun 9, 2013 03:49:52 #
TucsonCoyote wrote:
It's just a disheveled Great Blue Heron !
They say the black plumes on head are more pronounced during mating season!
They say the black plumes on head are more pronounced during mating season!
I have a shot of another blue heron (I posted it in another thread tonight also) and it was quite a bit more blue and did not have the head tuft. I guess that's what had me confused, but I think you're right.
Jun 9, 2013 05:16:15 #
Just for comparison, this was the original photo, taken at 300mm, I believe, from a moving and vibrating boat.
Jun 9, 2013 05:24:21 #
Yup...GBH....looks like you have a couple of them in this shot...and a Snowy just off to the left looks like.
Jun 10, 2013 19:40:25 #
Jun 10, 2013 19:56:59 #
Bret wrote:
Yup...GBH....looks like you have a couple of them in this shot...and a Snowy just off to the left looks like.
Sometimes it's funny what you find in your photo when look at it. I had one where something I didn't know was there turned out to be the subject of my crop.
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