It's a Black-Crowned Night Heron. I see them around here now and then. Bob
On Aug 6, 2006, at 11:16 PM, Francis Alviar wrote: > This bird showed up out of nowhere while my daughter > was feeding the ducks at a local park. > > The ducks were avoiding it like the plague. Probably > due to the huge beak and menacing eyes. > > Anyway just want to know what the name of this bird > is. Apologies for the cropped pic on #2. Had to rush > to take the photos while he still had the fish in his > beak. > > Oh and also these are the first shots from my recently > acquired DA 16-45mm lens. The photos are labeled in > the gallery for anybody who cares to see. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

