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#1 jstrengari

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Posted 01 August 2012 - 03:21 PM

Sorry for the bad pic but this one is puzzling me. There are two in the picture and I am mostly questioning the one on the left . . . . . . any thoughts?

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Posted 01 August 2012 - 03:43 PM

Maybe a Tri-colored Heron? Where was it taken?
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Posted 01 August 2012 - 08:13 PM

Left looks like a Tri-Colored to me, with a Great Blue Heron Egret on the right.
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Posted 01 August 2012 - 08:16 PM

I agree with Tri-colored Heron on the left.

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Posted 01 August 2012 - 08:17 PM

Left looks like a Tri-Colored to me, with a Great Blue Heron on the right.


I think you mean Great Egret on the right!

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Posted 01 August 2012 - 08:19 PM

I think you mean Great Egret on the right!


Yes :) Great Blue Herons are clearly not white...
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Posted 02 August 2012 - 02:29 AM

Thanks all! It was taken in Bald Head Island, North Carolina. A windy day kept a bunch of birds at the pond




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