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#1
Heron/Egret Identification?
01-07-2012
Any help with identifying this bird as I can't seem to find it in my Nat Geo - Complete Birds of North America Book?
Picture taken at Jamaica Bay, New York - Early June 2012 Advertisement
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#2
01-07-2012
I can't find anything looking like this bird, perhaps it is a hybrid.
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#3
01-07-2012
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 Certainly be interesting if it was indeed a hybrid! |
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#4
01-07-2012
Here's a thought:
Does Cattle Egret have a dark morph? Sibley Guides |
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#5
02-07-2012
Though the coloration strongly suggests tricolored heron here, it just looks too small. Zooplantman's cattle egret is an interesting suggestion, though cattle egrets very rarely are found in water like other herons. My guess is some sort of transition plumage of the little blue heron, between its white juvenile form and its purplish-blue adult form. I'd ask some of the big New York birders if I were you.
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#6
Heron/Egret identification
02-07-2012
Proportions of this bird are wrong for Cattle Egret -- too long-necked & 'leggy'.
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#7
02-07-2012
I would say TCH. When I saw my first TCH, I was surprised at how much smaller they were than the Great-Blue Heron. It's about the size of a Snowy Egret.
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#8
02-07-2012
tri-coloured heron for me too
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#9
02-07-2012
I agree with tri-colored heron (although I'm not going to add an extra "u" to it
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#10
02-07-2012
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 extra question: any idea what the little waders to the right of the heron (just to the left of the Canada geese) might be (the stint-y sort of things)? |
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#11
02-07-2012
Could be any number of sandpiper. They are one of my worst areas of ID. They make my brain hurt.
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#12
02-07-2012
I just checked, and wow, I did not know tricoloreds ever lived as far north as New York. So I'd agree with that. And @jbnbsn99, if you think peeps are toughest, you clearly haven't dealt with empids!
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#13
02-07-2012
Nope, we only get a handful here and all are easily identifiable.
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#14
02-07-2012
Correction, we don't get Empids here at all.
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#15
02-07-2012
Empids are a pain here, especially living along the split line of the Pacific-Slope/Cordilleran which both used to be the Western Flycatcher.
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