The Boat Billed Heron

KhaosKhaos Registered Users Posts: 2,435 Major grins
edited June 27, 2005 in Wildlife
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  • John MuellerJohn Mueller Registered Users Posts: 2,555 Major grins
    edited June 26, 2005
    Aint never heard of or saw such a creature:D
    Cool looking bird.
    Thanks for sharingthumb.gif
  • ehughesehughes Registered Users Posts: 1,675 Major grins
    edited June 26, 2005
    Great shots, interesting looking bird... Great Job


    Ed
  • Tim KirkwoodTim Kirkwood Registered Users Posts: 900 Major grins
    edited June 26, 2005
    This is a really great set!clap.gif


    I like them very much. I too have never seen this bird. Not much exotic stuff here in Ohio.

    Nice and sharp and I love the color and detail in the feathers.thumb.gif


    Tim

    *EDIT* I just saw remembered your in Ohio also. Where did you find such boyds? Maybe I just need to get out more.ne_nau.gif
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  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited June 26, 2005
    that's a new one ,very nice set --is it wild or in the zoo????????? headscratch.gif
    Jeff W

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  • Phil U.Phil U. Registered Users Posts: 1,330 Major grins
    edited June 26, 2005
    excellent sharp shots, nicely lit! thumb.gif Looks like those beaks are so heavy they weigh their heads down...
  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited June 27, 2005
    Another series of sharp/good shots thumb.gif
    and a bird I've never seen thumb.gif
    Thanks K for posting
  • KhaosKhaos Registered Users Posts: 2,435 Major grins
    edited June 27, 2005
    Thanks Ed and John. He's definately different looking.
  • lynnmalynnma Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 5,208 Major grins
    edited June 27, 2005
    Hey nice birds! never seen one! lovely and crisp, nice tones. They look shy thumb.gif
  • KhaosKhaos Registered Users Posts: 2,435 Major grins
    edited June 27, 2005
    Thanks Tim and Jeff.

    These are found farther south, around Mexcio and Central America.

    I've gotten a lot of my pics of different birds at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh. They have two areas there, The Wetlands, and The Rain Forest that are enclosed bio-sphere-type environments where birds roam freely and act as they would in their natural habitat. You still need to bump the ISO up to 800 most of the time for pics like these because the trees are dense and the sun doesn't reach as much as it would because of the dirty glass plated roof.

    Around where I live it's your normal small birds, common water fowl, and the occassional Blue Heron.
  • KhaosKhaos Registered Users Posts: 2,435 Major grins
    edited June 27, 2005
    lynnma wrote:
    Hey nice birds! never seen one! lovely and crisp, nice tones. They look shy thumb.gif
    Thanks Lynn.

    They did seem shy. They tended to always stay well within the trees away from the main walkway. while other birds would go right up to people. In another thread I'll post some of a Grey Winged Trumpeter that got frisky with my wife and gave her a kiss.:D
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited June 27, 2005
    excellent shots of a heron that I never saw before. clap.gif
    Harry
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  • KhaosKhaos Registered Users Posts: 2,435 Major grins
    edited June 27, 2005
    Thanks Phil, Ben, and Harry.

    I would of liked to seen one fly. Maybe next time. It's big enough in there for a blue heron to fly around.
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