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Thanks! I love it! The bird looks almost like a great blue heron, but this is a European bird?
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Congratulations! I have seen it in Bulgaria back in the time but it's not really rare there during the migration. England is different story!
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I've never been able to see (an American) one get a fish, but I know they don't starve. I know where four live now and I try to visit at least one of them every week. they will fly off if they feel like someone is in their territory. Unfortunately many Americans are quite loud. ANd it can also be difficult to find a good angle without being too close or wet!
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Because of Covid, our last trip to the USA was in the new year of 2019, when we had a fantastic time doing a circuit of Florida. I thoroughly recommend it if you want to get into more birding because of the great parks there where the birds are not skittish. Here, taken in Fort Worth and in the Everglades NP, is a cousin of the Heron, an Anhinga, catching fish with its technique of stabbing them. We really must visit again. We are deprived of colourful birds back here. If you have time, you must go.
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If Eric is very lucky he could see the Grey Heron on mainland USA (and there it becomes Gray Heron
) too.Here is an article how to separate it from the Great Blue Heron: https://frank.itlab.us/TBL/Harvesting/Herons/Birding0202p24-33.pdf
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Thank you for mentioning with the link, but I didn't finish reading it yet. These are my favorite birds in my area so seeing their doppelganger would be fantastic. I think the most interesting type is white-necked heron, but why isn't it called polkadot necked heron?If Eric is very lucky he could see the Grey Heron on mainland USA (and there it becomes Gray Heron
Here is an article how to separate it from the Great Blue Heron: https://frank.itlab.us/TBL/Harvesting/Herons/Birding0202p24-33.pdf
I will probably visit Florida in October. Last year, I met a wonderful young couple from Ohio and an older couple from Belarus who stayed at the same little motel near Deerfield (which isn't far from Fort Worth). They had both stayed at the same motel last year and were enthusiastic about the idea of all of us meeting there at the same time next year. This year the young couple are planning to get married, so it would be nice to congratulate them, don't you think?
I visited Everglades, but my sister likes to go near sunset, so I didn't have enough time, but I think next time for at least one day, I will go in the morning and stay all day.
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