Extremely rare northern egret....

traunerktraunerk Registered Users Posts: 513 Major grins
edited February 27, 2006 in Wildlife
feeling a bit left out of egretfest 2006, I am reporting a sighting of the extremely rare Great Northern Egret just off Long Island Sound and about thirty feet up in a tree...taken yesterday....

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Now I admit he's not as handsome as some of his Florida cousins, but just look at those tailfeathers!

Sometimes it pays to look up (as long as you're not *directly* underneath...)

Regards...Keith
Beam me outta here!:winkKT

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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited February 26, 2006
    That's a fine capture and excellent handling of exposure in difficult lighting. Since Egret Fest is a time if joy I will give you a pass on your ID. :D
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  • dallasdallas Registered Users Posts: 1,638 Major grins
    edited February 27, 2006
    You're kidding me...............What ever this bird is, he/she is great looking. Thanks for the Eggret interuption. Keep looking up.:D :D:D
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  • Scott_QuierScott_Quier Registered Users Posts: 6,524 Major grins
    edited February 27, 2006
    I'm no bird-man, but this looks more like some sort of vulture.

    ID aside, this is a great exposure 15524779-Ti.gif- very difficult light.
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  • livinginozlivinginoz Registered Users Posts: 497 Major grins
    edited February 27, 2006
    hmmm, if that's an egret, then i flushed out a whole bunch of them in the woods yesterday. up here in the snowy northern climes we call them, um.....turkeys Laughing.gifOL
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  • Michael AllenMichael Allen Registered Users Posts: 196 Major grins
    edited February 27, 2006
    Looks like a Gobbler Egret to me.
    -Mike
  • DanielBDanielB Registered Users Posts: 2,362 Major grins
    edited February 27, 2006
    ahhh turkey vultureeee... lol. we can't get rid of those things down here
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  • traunerktraunerk Registered Users Posts: 513 Major grins
    edited February 27, 2006
    to the mystified...
    It's a Wild Turkey! (but you all really knew that, right?)...but just to keep in the spirit of things...here's an old egret...

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    traunerk wrote:
    feeling a bit left out of egretfest 2006, I am reporting a sighting of the extremely rare Great Northern Egret just off Long Island Sound and about thirty feet up in a tree...taken yesterday....

    57857805-L.jpg

    Now I admit he's not as handsome as some of his Florida cousins, but just look at those tailfeathers!

    Sometimes it pays to look up (as long as you're not *directly* underneath...)

    Regards...Keith
    Beam me outta here!:winkKT
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