Thanks, Jeff, I corrected our post on ebird. Jane Baryames On Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at 3:04:56 PM UTC-6, Jeff Parks wrote: > > Hey all - > > I went to Walden Ponds this morning to see if I could relocate some birds > that I saw out there recently. I was not able to find them, unfortunately > (the Flycatcher and Mockingbird/Shrike). I had a nice walk anyway, saw a > few deer along with the usual birdy suspects. There were a bunch of Snowy > Egrets on Cottonwood Marsh when I arrived, so when I finally made my way > around to Bass Pond and saw another one, I didn't think much of it. While > I was examining it, however, it had some things that made me think that it > was not another Snowy. The legs and feet were a greenish color, and the > bill was not as dark as a Snow's bill should have been. I watched it for a > little while until some people with a dog came along and it flew off. > Shortly thereafter, I stopped to talk to another birder, and she mentioned > that she and several other people had seen a juvenile Little Blue Heron at > Walden within the last week or so. It took me a minute to make the > connection, but I was fairly certain that the bird I had seen would fit > that description. I didn't see exactly where the bird had flown off, so I > decided against traipsing around the entire property again in search of one > bird. > > When I got home, I looked at recent eBird postings from Walden, and as > luck would have it, Willem Van Vliet was out there yesterday, and took a > picture of what he identified as a Great Egret. You can see his picture on > his eBird posting from yesterday here: WvV's eBird list from August 15th > <http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38665112>. > > Take a look and see what you think, is this a Little Blue Heron, or a > Great Egret? I am leaning towards LBHE based on what I saw (assuming that > this is the same bird). If it is indeed a LBHE, I probably should have > made a second trip around, but it was getting past time for lunch, and my > feet were tired. > > Other birds of interest were a group of seven Northern Shovelers, three > Cinnamon Teal (larger beaks than Blue-Winged), and five Semipalmated > Sandpipers. The Ospreys on the back pond are about ready to leave the > nest, the adults were pretty busy bringing fish to feed the young ones. > > Good birding - > > Jeff Parks > Boulder > > >
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