Point-No-Point 5-11-2022
May 13, 2022 14:13:53 #
Moondoggie wrote:
Spectacular Eagle photos!!!
Thanx! The eagle flew just outside the minimum focusing distance from my 500pF. Great light helps, too!
May 13, 2022 16:40:25 #
May 13, 2022 16:42:03 #
James Van Ells wrote:
Very nice shots of the eagle and the great blue heron.
Thanx! Please look up the bird-Not a GBH-a Green Heron!
May 13, 2022 17:05:02 #
May 13, 2022 17:24:11 #
Sylvias wrote:
Excellent series Timothy, especially enjoyed the last one. 
Thanx! My fav too! The bird flew right by me!
May 13, 2022 17:29:58 #
Very nice. That definitely does NOT look like a Green Heron - coloring, size, wingspan, bill, etc.
May 13, 2022 17:58:56 #
May 13, 2022 18:03:23 #
JeffDavidson wrote:
Very nice. That definitely does NOT look like a Green Heron - coloring, size, wingspan, bill, etc.
My search of Merlin shows Green Heron. Check the orange elbows and lack of feathers on the chest. It appears a bit smaller as well. Another photog there agreed -Green Heron. Thanx for viewing!
May 13, 2022 18:03:37 #
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May 13, 2022 19:42:09 #
Sinewsworn wrote:
Look more carefully. I use Merlin to assist my IDs.
I've shot many Green Herons and I'm sorry to say what you shot is definitely a Great Blue Heron.
A Green Heron is a little bigger than a large crow and while their necks are longer than you might think when you see them "tucked", they are not as long as the bird you shot. The coloring is all wrong as well.
Here are a couple of shots of Green Herons:
May 13, 2022 21:09:03 #
lbarnett25 wrote:
Your green heron looks like a great blue heron to me.
I keep hearing that about the heron. I have hundreds of GBHs and none of them look like this one, actually two. I do admit that the bird does not resemble a Green Heron as much as the photos in Merlin show. Juveniles I have photographed have considerably more feathers on their necks and throats.
May 13, 2022 21:09:18 #
May 13, 2022 22:20:39 #
I've always understood that these are Great Blue Herons. My bird book is old but the big difference other than the color and much shorter neck ( for the Green Heron) is the size of the bird. Green Herons are 16 to 22" in height. The GBH is 42" - 52".
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