Texas also has its own Great White Heron (White Morph GBH)
This is very uncommon for Texas, but this year back in December, several birding forums I frequent had mentioned a sighting of a white morph great blue heron down in the Aransas Bay area near Rockport, Texas. I honestly only believed that Florida had this type of great blue heron.
So, after photographing the whooping cranes in the area, the boat operator and I took out in search of the white morph. Relatively quickly, my wonderful guide found it. It was very skittish but I did manage a few frames of this rarity. The diagnostics for identification are the thick great blue heron bill, the lighter colored legs, the tufts of plumage on the head and chest and overall size and body shape. It was much larger than the more slender great egret.
So, after photographing the whooping cranes in the area, the boat operator and I took out in search of the white morph. Relatively quickly, my wonderful guide found it. It was very skittish but I did manage a few frames of this rarity. The diagnostics for identification are the thick great blue heron bill, the lighter colored legs, the tufts of plumage on the head and chest and overall size and body shape. It was much larger than the more slender great egret.
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Somehow I thought the Texas style would be bigger.
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They look similar to our Great Egret.
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