Snowy's have black legs and yellow feet as well as a thin black beak. This one has black legs and feet and a big yellow beak.
Rules of thumb for white wading birds: 1. Big yellow beak and all black legs (on a big bird) = Great Egret 2. Thin black beak, black legs and yellow feet = Snowy Egret 3. Short bird with short yellow beak and blackish legs = Cattle Egret Christian On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 04:25:34PM -0700, Jack Davis wrote: > Last image ESPECIALLY nice, Bruce. I imagine someone has "officially" ID'd it > as a Lesser Snowy Egret.(?) > Have shot many of them and have found it a tough exposure. These speak well > of your exposure choice &/or post processing. > > > Jack > > --- On Mon, 3/22/10, Bruce Dayton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Bruce Dayton <[email protected]> > > Subject: PESO - White Bird > > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > > Date: Monday, March 22, 2010, 9:39 AM > > Same walk with the kids - it was a > > particularly nice area we were in. > > The white bird is probably an Egret - most likely some > > knowledgeable > > list member will help us with the exact bird. > > > > All shot with Pentax K20D > > > > Sigma 100-300/4 EX + Sigma 1.4 EX Converter @ 420mm > > effective > > ISO 800, 1/1250 sec @ f/6.3, Handheld > > http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd20_1615_2.htm > > > > Sigma 100-300/4 EX + Sigma 1.4 EX Converter @ 420mm > > effective > > ISO 800, 1/1600 sec @ f/6.3, Handheld > > http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd20_1622-1.htm > > > > Sigma 100-300/4 EX + Sigma 1.4 EX Converter @ 420mm > > effective > > ISO 800, 1/1250 sec @ f/6.3, Handheld > > http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd20_1623-1.htm > > > > Comments welcome > > > > -- > > Bruce > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > 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 > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
