Need a bird ID PLEASE..............

Art ScottArt Scott Registered Users Posts: 8,959 Major grins
edited August 6, 2009 in Wildlife
Shot this yesterday with D300+BIGMA, almost hand held....my stabilizar was a 2.5" willow trunk and this bugger was moving...non stop.....

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I do know it is not a Snipe....it is too tall, wrong color and the bill is waaaaay toooo short................:D :D:D :rofl

Thanks in advance for the help......
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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2009
    I think it's a tri-colored heron.

    Since I have never seen one.....let's see.:D
  • DixieDixie Registered Users Posts: 1,497 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2009
    Reddish Egret is my guess.
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  • pyrypyry Registered Users Posts: 1,733 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2009
    Dixie wrote:
    Reddish Egret is my guess.

    Concur :D

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  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2009
    look at your other shots and see if it is not a --little blue heron --more color Art :D
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2009
    Definitely a little blue heron. Jeff is on the mark again. thumb.gif
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  • Art ScottArt Scott Registered Users Posts: 8,959 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2009
    jwear wrote:
    look at your other shots and see if it is not a --little blue heron --more color Art :D

    More shots????? I was lucky to get that one....in my op i said it was movin' and I mean movin'.......and the brush was so thick that i was lucky to get that shot......

    Little blue heron.......do we mean YOUNG.....Chicklet type young......or is it naturally a small bird.......
    Do they run alone mostly??



    I was adding some color wih Vib and Sat to bring out the red on its neck but the water was going blue and ues the body was getting bluer but it actually to my eyes looked black.......it was very bright out and that does mess with my eyes.....I have those eyes that really like the night time.......the darker the better....they only want to come out at night:D..........
    any way that is my clearest bestest of that boid......

    Thanx all....maybe i will get lucky and find it again and get a chance for a better shot........tripodded hopefully.
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  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2009
    Art Scott wrote:
    More shots????? I was lucky to get that one....in my op i said it was movin' and I mean movin'.......and the brush was so thick that i was lucky to get that shot......

    Little blue heron.......do we mean YOUNG.....Chicklet type young......or is it naturally a small bird.......
    Do they run alone mostly??



    I was adding some color wih Vib and Sat to bring out the red on its neck but the water was going blue and ues the body was getting bluer but it actually to my eyes looked black.......it was very bright out and that does mess with my eyes.....I have those eyes that really like the night time.......the darker the better....they only want to come out at night:D..........
    any way that is my clearest bestest of that boid......

    Thanx all....maybe i will get lucky and find it again and get a chance for a better shot........tripodded hopefully.

    now now Art, us wildlife shooters shoot in little bursts eek7.gif:D Take your shot into PS and lighten in up some just the bird and see [with a birdie book] if you can tell by the head detail and neck color --no no saturation etc. deal.gif the 3 birds picked it will be one of them but I think Harry and I are on the $$$$$
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  • Art ScottArt Scott Registered Users Posts: 8,959 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2009
    jwear wrote:
    now now Art, us wildlife shooters shoot in little bursts eek7.gif:D
    I think Harry and I are on the $$$$$
    You mean I need to get out of single shot mode and start shootin in one of dem multi shot bursty modes and burn up my film.....errr...ahhh.....card space???rolleyes1.gif
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  • DsrtVWDsrtVW Registered Users Posts: 1,991 Major grins
    edited August 6, 2009
    That is the danger of a D300 and long glass have to go Full Auto(CH) or at least 3 shot bursts:D:D:D
    Shooting them birds is addictive.
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited August 6, 2009
    Art Scott wrote:
    You mean I need to get out of single shot mode and start shootin in one of dem multi shot bursty modes and burn up my film.....errr...ahhh.....card space???rolleyes1.gif

    Yep, our models don't wait around for us to adjust the lighting or their pose.
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  • raptorcaptorraptorcaptor Registered Users Posts: 3,968 Major grins
    edited August 6, 2009
    jwear wrote:
    look at your other shots and see if it is not a --little blue heron --more color Art :D
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