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#1 A Wade

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Posted 22 May 2011 - 01:43 PM

I was fishing Lake Powell, Utah 3 weeks ago and was surprised by a bird sitting on a branch just above the water in the back of a canyon.  I thought it was a penquin from afar that was hunched over but as i got closer it had bright yellow webbed feet.  it was a dusty almost powder blue.  About 12-16 inches tall.   It's unique feature was a a long black strand that came off the back of it's head and extended about 4 to 6 inches down it's back.  It didn't hop rather it walked with a stride.  no waddle.  It acted unafraid and almost territorial as we came close to it.    There are a lot of crows/ravens around and this was about the same size.  Any ideas?  I tried the search function here which is great but admittedly lost patience as I wasn't getting even a family of birds that looked close.   Any help would be appreciated


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Posted 22 May 2011 - 01:45 PM

Try Black-crowned Night Heron


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Posted 22 May 2011 - 07:32 PM

Brilliant!  Yes that is it.  many thanks.  Big Smile





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