A good guess, Ann, but the Bittern has brown wings and no crown of feathers -- as far as I can tell. And I did follow the bird that I shot in flight. I'm sure he landed in the water. I was convinced at first that this was a different bird, but after looking at some pics of juvenile herons on the Audubon pages, I think this is the same bird. Could b wrong of course.
On Aug 5, 2013, at 12:19 PM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > I think the second one is a Bittern, Paul > ann > > On 8/5/2013 10:21, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> This somewhat immature Heron was standing in a shallow Rouge River feeder >> stream in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. As I approached it took flight. I >> followed it downstream a couple hundred feet and saw another bird that >> appeared to be a different species standing on a log (unfortunately, against >> a busy background). He had a crown of feathers standing straight up and >> brown markings on his neck. After studying the Audubon guide this morning, >> I've come to the conclusion that they're one and the same. Herons all have >> that crown of feathers, but this is the first time I've seen them extended. >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17486421&size=lg >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17486422&size=lg >> > > -- > 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.
