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Little Blue Heron
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| Photo Information |
Copyright: Chris T Pehlivan (CTP)
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 774 W: 6 N: 1107]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-n-g.gif) (3183) |
| Genre: Animals |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2005-05-11 |
| Categories: Birds |
| Camera: Canon 300D, 70-300mm f4-5.6 |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2005-12-30 16:49 |
| Viewed: 805 |
| Points: 14 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
This is one of the Little Blue Heron photo that I took at Corkscrew Swamp last may in Florida.
*Special Thanks to Scott for ID :)
Cheers and Happy New Year Everyone,
CT
Little blue heron (Egretta caerulea)
Identification Tips:
Length: 22 inches Wingspan: 41 inches
Sexes similar
Medium-sized long-legged long-necked wader
Usually holds neck in an "S" curve at rest and in flight
Bill long and pointed
Dull green legs
Adult alternate:
Blue-gray black-tipped bill
Blue-gray belly, back and wings
Chestnut head and neck
Shaggy neck plumes
Adult basic:
Blue-gray black-tipped bill
Head and neck blue-gray like body
Lacks shaggy neck plumes
Immature:
White body plumage
Blue-gray tips to the outer primaries visible from below when bird is in flight
Gray lores
Black-tipped bill usually with blue-gray base, but occasionally yellow or flesh
In their first spring or first summer, immatures start gaining the adults' dark plumage and can be mottled with blue-gray and white.
Similar species:
Adults are similar only to Reddish Egret, which is much larger and bigger-billed, and has a paler reddish neck, shaggier neck, and head plumes and blue-gray legs. Immature Snowy Egrets are similar to immature Little Blues but have black legs with a yellow stripe up the back, yellow feet, and yellow lores, and lack the blue-gray primary tips, and, usually, lack the two-toned bill. Adult white morph Reddish Egrets can be similar to immature Little Blues but are much larger, have blue-gray legs, shaggy neck and head plumes and a pink base to the bill. Immature white morph Reddish Egrets can be separated by the larger bill, bluish legs, and lack of blue-gray primary tips.
Source:www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/ |
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- Dave
![Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 527 W: 47 N: 674]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-s-g.gif)
(2171) - [2005-12-30 18:06]
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Great shot CT!
Love the natural environment you captured this one in!
He looks pretty intent on finding some dinner...
Well, I gotta get ready for work. Just got up from my nap.
Thanks for sharing,
Dave
ps May you have a very happy new year!
Hi CT,
This is a Little Blue Heron. He looks like he still has some of his breeding plumage. Very similar to the one I posted a short time ago, but this guys coloring is a ltttle duller. I really enjoyed Corkscrew Swamp The day I was there.
This is a nice shot!
Scott
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- dew77
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(13069) - [2005-12-31 2:36]
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Hello CT!
Wonderful capture.I liked POV,cross framing,lighting,details and composition a lot.
TFS...:-)
Yeni Yılın Kutlu Olsun;)
Hi CT!
Very nice post.Details,sharpness and pose of heron are perfect.Thanks for sharing.
Yeni Yılın kutlu olsun,selamlar.
Good photo. The heron is in plenty fishing action. Lovely and strange bill.
Have a Happy New Year!
Regards, Petru
Hi Chris...
An awesome bird very well captured! The feather coat is well reproduced with good colours, good DOF and composition...
AND A MOST WONDERFUL NEW YEAR TO YOU MY FRIEND!!
Greetings from Norway,
Pablo -
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- izler
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selam dostum
bu heronlarin amma cok cesitleri varmis. sevimli ve guzel bu turunu basarili bir sekilde kompoze etmissin. bakis acisi, renkler, detaylar ve bilgi notu da harika bir calisma
eline saglik
selamlar
izler
