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Fuji S602+B300, 357mm, ISO 400, 1/340, f 5.0

This is a member of the Heron / Egret family, but what is it?

Comments and suggestions welcome.

Morris
 
Hi Morris,

Another great shot. Was this taken at the zoo you frequent? If so, then it is not a species native to North America's East Coast. That's about all I can tell you on it.
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Stephen
morris said:


Fuji S602+B300, 357mm, ISO 400, 1/340, f 5.0

This is a member of the Heron / Egret family, but what is it?

Comments and suggestions welcome.

Morris
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morris said:
Stephen, yes it is a captive bird. It is defiantly a North
American native. Others have identified it as a Cattle Egret,
which got its name for sitting on top of cows and eating the bugs
off their hide.
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A cattle egret should have yellow/orange legs if it is in breeding plumage. The yellow on the head breast are indicative of breeding plumage. Otherwise, the cattle egrets have short, dark legs, so even though this looks like a cattle egret, its legs do not seem to be the correct color as shown in my Sibley Guide........none of the other egrets seems to maktch up well either though.......

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Thank you John, There were about 5 of them and they all looked like this.

Morris
John Glover said:
morris said:
Stephen, yes it is a captive bird. It is defiantly a North
American native. Others have identified it as a Cattle Egret,
which got its name for sitting on top of cows and eating the bugs
off their hide.
Click to expand...
A cattle egret should have yellow/orange legs if it is in breeding
plumage. The yellow on the head breast are indicative of breeding
plumage. Otherwise, the cattle egrets have short, dark legs, so
even though this looks like a cattle egret, its legs do not seem to
be the correct color as shown in my Sibley Guide........none of the
other egrets seems to maktch up well either though.......

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John

Fuji 6900Z, Fuji2600Z,
Pentax PZ-1p, Pentax ZX-M, Pentax MX, Oly Stylus
http://www.pbase.com/jglover
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morris said:
Thank you John, There were about 5 of them and they all looked like
this.

Morris
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You're welcome Morris. It definitely looks like a cattle egret by the shape of the bill, but the legs do not seem to be the right color.....but with plumage variations, who knows?

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John

Fuji 6900Z, Fuji2600Z,
Pentax PZ-1p, Pentax ZX-M, Pentax MX, Oly Stylus
http://www.pbase.com/jglover
 
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