Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I would defer to Doug, he being far more expert than I,? but as far as I can recall Great egrets don't have the black tips...? R. Clayton McKee PhotoJournalist from somewhere just south of somewhere else... >________________________________ > From: Jean-Michel Mertz <j2m46 at hotmail.fr> >To: lug LEICA USERS ORGANISATION <lug at leica-users.org> >Sent: Friday, June 8, 2012 8:29 AM >Subject: Re: [Leica] LAKE MAYER, is this a grey heron? > > >Thanks for looking at the picture and commenting! This could also be a >Great Egret according to Doug Herr - white bird and black feather tips ... >But definitely not a Grey Heron!Jean-Michel >> Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 16:48:45 -0700 >> From: rcmphoto at yahoo.com >> To: lug at leica-users.org >> Subject: Re: [Leica] LAKE MAYER, is this a grey heron? >> >> >From the patterning under the wing I think Great Blue.? It seems to me >> >that it's a little too well defined to be just shadowing.? >> >> >> Nice shot... >> >>? >> R. Clayton McKee >> PhotoJournalist >> from somewhere just south of somewhere else... >> >> >> >________________________________ >> > From: "wildlightphoto at earthlink.net" <wildlightphoto at >> > earthlink.net> >> >To: lug at leica-users.org >> >Sent: Thursday, June 7, 2012 10:42 AM >> >Subject: Re: [Leica] LAKE MAYER, is this a grey heron? >> > >> >Jean-Michel Mertz wrote: >> > >> >>>> >> >Hello Luggers,Dusk was creeping in over Lake Mayer (early April) and I >> >saw >> >this bird obviously eager to be on my picture. Is this a grey heron? >> >Jean-Michel<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Jean-Michel/SAVANNAH+2012/LAKE+ >> >MAYER.html> >> ><<< >> > >> >If this is Lake Mayer in Savannah Georgia it's very unlikley it's a Grey >> >Heron (Ardea cinerea), which is typically a eurasian species.? If the >> >coloration is similar to the Grey Heron, it's most likely a Great Blue >> >Heron (Ardea herodias), or if it's a white bird (can't tell from this >> >photo) it's most likely a Great Egret (Ardea alba). >> > >> >Doug Herr >> >Birdman of Sacramento >> >http://www.wildlightphoto.com >> > >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >??? ??? ??? ? ??? ??? ? > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >