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IslanderMV said:
I would guess that it's a Green Heron (even if it looks a bit long in the neck). It could also be a Manfrotto Duopod with an extended, and slightly tilted center column.
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Click said:
Most definitely not that. That bird is different in many respects. Wrong bill color, wrong neck type, does not have the yellow patch at the eye, does not have the same type and amount of varigated feathers along the back, DOES have long, thin feathers off the back, which the Green Heron (and the bird in Islander's photo) do not have, it's legs are the wrong color, doesn't have the white just around the lower part of the eye patch around the bill, does not have the white streaks down the neck and breast.
Bird identification is a pretty solid science. Aside from a short period of time when birds are juvenile, their colorations and markers are VERY specific. There are far too many differences between the Reddish Heron and Green Heron to mistake the two. Islander's bird is definitely a Green Heron.
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Click said:
Ah...the conversations got crossed. Dylan's could be a Reddish...tough lighting on that one. The neck is definitely wrong for a Green Heron on Dylan's, though.
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Click said:
*nods* I have neither of them here, except for very rare visits. I was guessing mostly from the general colours. But, from her(e)on I think we can agree that it's a Heron of sorts, and to me that suggested Reddish Egret surely looks more like a proper identification.
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Dylan's bird looks to be .. ( after some poking around in books and the net )
Reddish Egret
Immature dark morph -2nd year
Source - the Crossly id guide and
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Reddish_Egret/id
http://ibc.lynxeds.com/photo/reddish-egret-egretta-rufescens/reddish-egret-immature-dark-morph-perching-top-mangrove
http://beautyofbirds.com/reddishegrets.html
Reddish Egret
Immature dark morph -2nd year
Source - the Crossly id guide and
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Reddish_Egret/id
http://ibc.lynxeds.com/photo/reddish-egret-egretta-rufescens/reddish-egret-immature-dark-morph-perching-top-mangrove
http://beautyofbirds.com/reddishegrets.html
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Dylan777 said:She loves to post when I'm aroundIslanderMV said:
Dylan,
Absolutely fantastic! Nice work.
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