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29-AUG-2004

Unknown Bird

Caught him last night as I walked around Lake Murray.
He was wonderfullly patient with me, letting me try for several shots.
In the fading light, I finally used the on-board flash
(and hence the red-eye, I believe).

I'm wondering if anyone can identify this bird for me? He's between 12 and
16 inches in length, if that helps...

Canon EOS 300D Digital Rebel ,Sigma 55-200mm f/4-5.6 DC
1/100s f/5.6 at 200.0mm iso1600 with Flash full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
Carmen14-Sep-2004 18:15
Fantastic capture -- what a cool shot! Although I must say it's a bit funny because for a water bird he looks like he's a little finicky about getting wet, just in the way he's very delicately leaning over and drinking. Maybe it's just my take on it, but it's a very neat pose either way.
Karen Leaf01-Sep-2004 01:13
Great timing!
jypsee31-Aug-2004 04:28
OK...after some discussion and review of my bird identification books, I retract that this is a juvenile yellow crowned night heron; it's a juvenile black crowned night heron. The two are very similar, but the beaks are different and the feathers on the rump and the secondaries on the wing are different....this one is marked like the black crowned night heron...
jypsee31-Aug-2004 02:54
Oops, forgot to say that the bird has a natural red eye...
jypsee31-Aug-2004 02:53
This is a juvenile yellow crowned night heron; see THIS
Robin Reid30-Aug-2004 22:18
Why Gary, that is the white-tipped water-dipping egret!
Nice catch.
Herb 30-Aug-2004 20:27
Great catch,some kind of night heron. Just guessing
Cindy30-Aug-2004 20:16
I have no clue what bird this is, I hope you find out. I love the pose, so perfectly on top of that rock, taking a drink and can care less that your there, if it had seen me, it would have flown off, LOL. A wildlife photographer I am not.
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