Morning Bird Pic, Eh?

[sleigh]

Another of the waterfowl at St. Catherine's: a heron-- Birdsnap claims that it's a black-crowned night heron, and perhaps it's right and perhaps it's wrong (I must admit that I no longer trust Birdsnap's identifications). However, one can tell that LOTS of birds have perched on that rock...

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[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Whatever it is, it's very lovely.

[kk1raven.livejournal.com]

Birdsnap got it right this time. It is indeed a Black-crowned Night-heron.

[sleigh.livejournal.com]

Now that's a semi-suprise! :-)

[maiac.livejournal.com]

Black-Crowned Night Herons live at the Detroit Zoo during the summer. Once I got all excited about seeing new-to-me birds at one of the ponds in the zoo, until I realized they were juvenile Night Herons, in a different place than I was used to see them. The juvenile plumage is nothing like the adult:

(https://www.flickr.com/photos/maiac/9728362384)