>But "Elusive kingfisher" hmmm - I can't seem to find a specific >reference to. Is it a new subspecies?
lol, very rare apparently. I believe the last time a Great Blue Herom was seen over here the location was swamped by "twitchers", GPS equipped and mobile (cell) phones. Probably a few Canikon 600/4's etc as well. Regards, John ________________________________________ From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of ann sanfedele [ann...@nyc.rr.com] Sent: 27 April 2009 13:56 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO: Grey Heron John Whittingham wrote: >Hi Ann > >Good to here you back, are you sure they're Great Bluie Herons? All the >information I have points to grey. Maybe it's a geographical thing. Thanks for >the comments, I went back yesterday but only got a fleeting glance of the >Heron. I was really looking to catch the elusive Kingfishers there but no >luck, came away with a photo of a Damselfly amongst others. > >Best regards, > >John >=============================== > Oh ... I didn't really think about where you live.. _Ardea Herodias_ is the latin name for ours.... I can state unequivocally( pardon the pomp) that Joe McAlister's birdie is our Great Blue (because he photo'ed his in the USA , but I stand corrected on your's - which is _ Ardea cinera_ - damn they look alike to me... "country"cousins, apprently. Haven't found yet a piece on the subtle differences - all I can think of seeing "cinera" is the poem by the poet who reputedly died falling off a barstool.... whose initials are E D..hehe. So yeah, it appears to be geographical beyond just a common name variance. But "Elusive kingfisher" hmmm - I can't seem to find a specific reference to. Is it a new subspecies? (ann ducks) Hope I can keep in the loop and do a bit more than "lurk" - so many good folk here. I counted the names of the people in the Annual who I had been fortunate enough to meet in person at least once - there were 24! plus a few who are or used to be on list but have no photos in the book. Look forward to you finding the kingfisher. best, ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
