OK, Christian, my bird book agrees with you. It's a Great Egret. Well.. it's an "OK" Egret. Next time I'll go the BB first. ;)
Jack --- On Wed, 3/24/10, Christian Skofteland <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Christian Skofteland <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: PESO - White Bird > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 10:17 AM > 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. > -- 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.
