well it was fun to examine the evidence, even if wrong conclusion - we
shall have to remember to shout out to Matthew and Darren next time.
I do think i"m right about Stan's Phoebe tho -
('I may be wrong now, but I don't think so...' )
I've been watching Monk reruns partly due to the CBS blackout in NYC :-(
ann
On 8/5/2013 13:35, Paul Stenquist wrote:
Could be you're right, Ann. Although the brown markings on the neck of your
juvenile heron are similar to those on the neck of my guy. It could be that the
heron I shot in flight disappeared into the brush somewhere and this guy was a
co-conspirator. BTW, this little stretch of wetland river is in a suburban
area, across the street form office buildings, but I've shot numerous herons
and egrets there. There are numerous lakes in the area, so it's not too
surprising, but at a glance no one would mistake it for a bird sanctuary. Shot
some kind of tern-looking thing there yesterday as well.
Paul
On Aug 5, 2013, at 1:10 PM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote:
well between googling and my National Geo print book, I still come up with
bittern for you guy...
Note the shortness and color of legs
.. Great blue's don't have yellow legs... and bittern's toupee could just be
wind-blown
Browsing google , one thing that came up was a spectacular shot of
a juvenile great blue which convinced me more your's is a bittern,
although I can certainly see why the confusion.
Fun to do this - its like we were out birding together :-)
http://www.pbase.com/rcm1840/image/70910463
ann
On 8/5/2013 12:34, Paul Stenquist wrote:
A good guess, Ann, but the Bittern has brown wings and no crown of feathers --
as far as I can tell. And I did follow the bird that I shot in flight. I'm sure
he landed in the water. I was convinced at first that this was a different
bird, but after looking at some pics of juvenile herons on the Audubon pages, I
think this is the same bird. Could b wrong of course.
On Aug 5, 2013, at 12:19 PM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote:
I think the second one is a Bittern, Paul
ann
On 8/5/2013 10:21, Paul Stenquist wrote:
This somewhat immature Heron was standing in a shallow Rouge River feeder
stream in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. As I approached it took flight. I
followed it downstream a couple hundred feet and saw another bird that appeared
to be a different species standing on a log (unfortunately, against a busy
background). He had a crown of feathers standing straight up and brown markings
on his neck. After studying the Audubon guide this morning, I've come to the
conclusion that they're one and the same. Herons all have that crown of
feathers, but this is the first time I've seen them extended.
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17486421&size=lg
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17486422&size=lg
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