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Posted 08 June 2012 - 04:45 PM
I've noticed bald spots on the Blue Heron I see in Edmonds, Washington state. What causes this? Here's an example:
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Posted 08 June 2012 - 05:06 PM
Where are these "bald spots?" I can't find them.
Awesome picture BTW.
Oh and I think mites mite be the cause.
Awesome picture BTW.
Oh and I think mites mite be the cause.
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Posted 08 June 2012 - 05:39 PM
They are on the leading edge of the wing. Weird.
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Posted 08 June 2012 - 05:42 PM
Wow! Fabulous photo!
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Posted 08 June 2012 - 05:43 PM
What look like bald spots to me on his wing's leading edge and another spot on his body. Since they're on the leading edge of his wing, I thought it might be something physical like fighting??
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Posted 08 June 2012 - 05:53 PM
If you like that photo you might like these also
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Posted 08 June 2012 - 06:07 PM
Wow! Are these your pictures? They are fantastic!
It is probably just me, but the bald spots just look like brown blobs. Unless it is not literally bald.
It is probably just me, but the bald spots just look like brown blobs. Unless it is not literally bald.
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Posted 08 June 2012 - 08:27 PM
Tried zooming in on the spots..
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Posted 08 June 2012 - 08:47 PM
Here's one from 2008, same kind of thing...
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Posted 08 June 2012 - 09:06 PM
Wow these are amazing pictures!! Those spots look like color rather than bare skin.
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Posted 09 June 2012 - 12:19 AM
With the closeups, yes, it does look like the birds' coloring.
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Posted 12 June 2012 - 03:18 AM
Yeah, when I google image search Great Blue Heron, the rusty feathers on the leading edge of the wing are seen in every flight shot. Can't say I'd ever noticed it before, but it looks like it's typical.
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Posted 13 June 2012 - 11:12 AM
Thanks for your replies. I agree, they look like feathers rather than skin.
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Posted 17 June 2012 - 05:00 PM
Here's another photo I took today. It confirms what you've been saying...
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Posted 17 June 2012 - 05:04 PM
Cool photos Leroy. I especially like the second one where you can see the water displacement by the wings. Very cool!
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Posted 18 June 2012 - 12:17 AM
I had another thought, could this be blood? Here's another view shot today.
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Posted 18 June 2012 - 03:19 AM
I've been watching the Great Blue Heron nest cam at Cornell (www.allaboutbirds.org), and I noticed reddish areas on the front of the wings on the two adults early on. No one in the associated chat room was mentioning it, so I assumed they were natural.
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Posted 18 June 2012 - 03:28 AM
After seeing this thread I went back and looked at a picture I took on Saturday of a Great Blue Heron and that one has those reddish spots also. This was in Colorado.
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Posted 19 June 2012 - 02:04 AM
Funny that after seeing this thread, I was just up at the lake this past weekend and saw this guy:
No question it's their colouring.
No question it's their colouring.
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Posted 19 June 2012 - 02:10 AM
Yep that's a great! shot!!
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