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More bird ID needed · 06:13 PM

Help me with my education.

borno · 06-19-2009, 06:25 PM

The first is a green heron and the second may be a young one. Nice shot, they are pretty nervous birds.

pingflood · 06-19-2009, 06:27 PM

Fantastic -- I knew I could count on you guys!

They are hard to capture, certainly; I had to do the army crawl to get within shooting distance of the first and he/she kept looking over at me to see what I was up to. Covered in bug bites and dirt now, but well worth it.

borno · 06-19-2009, 06:37 PM

There is one I've been gunning for a few weeks now, I flushed him out twice without knowing he was there because they hide in the reeds so well. Maybe in the morning.....

pingflood · 06-19-2009, 06:57 PM

Most of the fun is in stalking them, isn't it?

There's nothing more exciting than trying to sneak up on a bird to get a good shot before they take off..

borno · 06-19-2009, 07:29 PM

I think I enjoy nature photography because it is peaceful and quiet and exciting at the same time if you get a nice shot (or think you did

). Here is the little guy I was shooting last summer. I wonder if the same one has come back, he's pretty young here.

pingflood · 06-19-2009, 08:02 PM

His feet seem a little disproportional, almost like a puppy.

After doing some digging I am thinking that my second shot is a juvenile night heron of some sort, maybe black crowned.... and I spent years and years thinking heron was just one type of bird, now I am sitting here debating which subspecies it is. Gotta love this stuff.

imtheguy · 06-19-2009, 08:45 PM

OH NO! I needed to take a break from sorting and processing the 75 shots i took yesterday of a Green Crested Heron diving for fish behind my house. So the first forum thread i pop up for some relief is this! Looks very familiar by now.

pete-tarmigan · 03-16-2012, 10:36 AM

The second bird is a juvenile Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea). It's not only a different subspecies than the black-crowned (Nycticorax nycticorax-- it's a different species in a different genus.

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06-19-2009, 07:29 PM	#6
borno Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: md-usa Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,580	I think I enjoy nature photography because it is peaceful and quiet and exciting at the same time if you get a nice shot (or think you did). Here is the little guy I was shooting last summer. I wonder if the same one has come back, he's pretty young here.

06-19-2009, 08:45 PM	#8
imtheguy Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Virginia Beach Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,950	OH NO! I needed to take a break from sorting and processing the 75 shots i took yesterday of a Green Crested Heron diving for fish behind my house. So the first forum thread i pop up for some relief is this! Looks very familiar by now. Last edited by imtheguy; 06-19-2009 at 08:52 PM.

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06-19-2009, 06:25 PM	#2
borno Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: md-usa Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,580	The first is a green heron and the second may be a young one. Nice shot, they are pretty nervous birds.

06-19-2009, 06:27 PM	#3
pingflood Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Borås, Sweden Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,169 Original Poster	Fantastic -- I knew I could count on you guys! They are hard to capture, certainly; I had to do the army crawl to get within shooting distance of the first and he/she kept looking over at me to see what I was up to. Covered in bug bites and dirt now, but well worth it.

06-19-2009, 06:37 PM	#4
borno Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: md-usa Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,580	There is one I've been gunning for a few weeks now, I flushed him out twice without knowing he was there because they hide in the reeds so well. Maybe in the morning.....

06-19-2009, 06:57 PM	#5
pingflood Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Borås, Sweden Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,169 Original Poster	Most of the fun is in stalking them, isn't it? There's nothing more exciting than trying to sneak up on a bird to get a good shot before they take off..

06-19-2009, 08:02 PM	#7
pingflood Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Borås, Sweden Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,169 Original Poster	His feet seem a little disproportional, almost like a puppy. After doing some digging I am thinking that my second shot is a juvenile night heron of some sort, maybe black crowned.... and I spent years and years thinking heron was just one type of bird, now I am sitting here debating which subspecies it is. Gotta love this stuff.

03-16-2012, 10:36 AM	#9
pete-tarmigan Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Conception Bay South, New-fun-land Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,272	The second bird is a juvenile Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea). It's not only a different subspecies than the black-crowned (Nycticorax nycticorax-- it's a different species in a different genus.

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