Unknown Heron

pete wpete w Registered Users Posts: 386 Major grins
edited July 11, 2005 in Wildlife
I am sure someone here can tell me what kind of heron this is? Pics taken of Islamorada at low tide.

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Pete W
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  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited July 10, 2005
    Pete it is a dark morph i do not remember seeing one here before may be wrong on that ,very nice set of shots thumb.gifclap.gif
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  • luckydogluckydog Registered Users Posts: 396 Major grins
    edited July 10, 2005
    Cool looking Heron! If I was a Heron i'd be happy to have a tough sounding name like "Dark Morph". The first shot is the bestest in my books. :):
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited July 10, 2005
    Hey Pete,


    That ain't no heron that's a Reddish Egret. According to my Smithsonian Guide they are rare to uncommon as they were nearly killed off by plume hunters. As of 2002 the total US population was 2,000 pairs.

    Excellent pics BTW. thumb.gif
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  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited July 11, 2005
    Harryb wrote:
    Hey Pete,


    That ain't no heron that's a Reddish Egret. According to my Smithsonian Guide they are rare to uncommon as they were nearly killed off by plume hunters. As of 2002 the total US population was 2,000 pairs.

    Excellent pics BTW. thumb.gif
    and a dark morph one in the same ,Harry have you a capture of one ???
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  • pete wpete w Registered Users Posts: 386 Major grins
    edited July 11, 2005
    Yip Yip Yipee
    :D Thanks Jeff and Harry

    Finally I get to join the Egret club ( albeit a morph) , thanks for identifying this great bird
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    Pete W
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