peachfront
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Post by peachfront on Apr 7, 2011 16:30:01 GMT -5
Absolutely. The park person ID'd it as Lesser Bittern, which doesn't exist, but which we have to presume is their best guess at Least Bittern. Your photo shows the buffy wing patch quite nicely! I would have expected Tanya's photo to show it as well, considering the angle of the photo. Instead, we have a uniformly darkish wing.
And now I better hush up before I've completely hijacked the thread. But photos are great, even a blurry photo can help you figure out an ID long afterwards...
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chromenut
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Post by chromenut on Apr 7, 2011 16:31:26 GMT -5
Here's a better picture, we can't rule out the Least Bittern:  |
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Post by peachfront on Apr 7, 2011 16:33:42 GMT -5
That's a wonderful photo, Robin!!! Again, the buffy wing patch shows quite nicely there.
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Post by chromenut on Apr 7, 2011 16:37:07 GMT -5
Here's where I pulled the bird forward in the photo Tanya took. Still resembles more a Bittern to me than a Green Heron, even though I found out that they are a somewhat far off related species.  |
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Post by chromenut on Apr 7, 2011 16:40:08 GMT -5
I think I'm wrong, and maybe the park person was on the right track. Found out the American Bittern is quite a large wading bird. More I look at the photo and that bird's stance, the more I think Least Bittern....
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Post by tanyafrench on Apr 8, 2011 9:21:49 GMT -5
Well, I volunteer at Five Rivers Metro Parks and the Park Ranger responsible for the bird tours is the one who identified this bird. Perhaps it was stated as a Least instead of Lesser, I really don't remember as it was last summer around August but I do trust him and if he is wrong well I'm not too worried but I'll follow up for more information. Sorry for the interference in your thread Robin.
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Post by chromenut on Apr 8, 2011 10:12:14 GMT -5
Oh I totally dig birds, it's what got me into photography, and I like to learn everything I can about them. Not sure what I'd ever do with all that info, but very interesting to me.
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Post by chromenut on Apr 8, 2011 11:18:26 GMT -5
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Post by tanyafrench on Apr 8, 2011 12:58:26 GMT -5
Robin, you have set that camera up so well and the pictures are awesome. Loving it!
Tanya
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Post by chromenut on Apr 8, 2011 13:15:47 GMT -5
Thanks Tanya. I have a lot of practice shooting birds. The shots around the feeder are from hundreds set up with time-lapse during the day. The ground shots were done by hand, had to sneak up on them for that. I love to sit on the patio, there is so much wild life out there. So far I've not gone aggressive in my photo shoots, but pretty soon it'll be time to head out on the water and get me some really good shots. We have nesting Bald Eagles, protected Osprey and Peregrin Falcons, and millions of water birds. Getting really good photos of them is quite difficult, even with my ginormous lens. Have to really be sneaky.
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