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Taken with inexpensive point & shoot.
Looking to ID the Bird Ed |
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Hi Ed,
My first guess is that it's a juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron. I've seen a few, but they look somewhat like the Green Heron Juveniles, so I'm not 100% sure. I will say that it's got to be one of the two. BTW, Nice Pic! -- I enjoy photographing Herons the most, I would say. Scott |
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Looks like a Green Heron - quite a bit smaller than the ones you usually see.
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yep, greenbacked heron.. it's the same as the nest i've been posting. i've got another nest of the same bird being incubated as i write this.
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Yes, it is a Green-backed Heron, but an immature, whose heavily streaked plumage could lead to confusion with a juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron or even an American Bittern. Size in photographs can bemisleading - with a very few exceptions, a bird must be full grown before it can fly (tail feathers can be shorter, though,which mightmakeit appear smaller).
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