New wild bird for me

luckydogluckydog Registered Users Posts: 396 Major grins
edited February 24, 2006 in Wildlife
While cruising around looking for photo ops, I saw this little guy and made a beeline for him. I thought it was some kind of Heron as he looked similar to the Green Herons etc i'd seen here in DGRIN. When I got home I broke out the trusty "Field guide to the Birds of Australia" book and have decided that it is a Juvenile Striated Heron, Ardeola striatis (race macrorhynchus).

This is cropped a little as it's with the 70-200 and he was very shy.

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I included the other name just in case someone thinks it is not what I think.

Thanks for sharing my new species discovery with me :thumb
http://darrylluckphotography.smugmug.com

40D
18-55mm, 28-105mm USM II, 50mm f/1.8, 400mm f/5.6

Comments

  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited February 24, 2006
    Mate...what about a bittern ?
  • luckydogluckydog Registered Users Posts: 396 Major grins
    edited February 24, 2006
    Double checked my book Gus and it's not a "Little, Black, Yellow or Australasian Bittern. Looks virtually identical to the Juv. Heron though.

    Thanks for googling Gus. Doesn't hurt to exhaust all avenues for an ID. thumb.gif
    http://darrylluckphotography.smugmug.com

    40D
    18-55mm, 28-105mm USM II, 50mm f/1.8, 400mm f/5.6
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