Great White Heron AKA White Morph GBH

IraRunyan

The Great White Heron at one time was classified as a distinct bird species, but it is now considered as a color phase of the Great Blue Heron. It's cool to see a Great Blue Heron with all white feathers. This color phase is only rarely seen outside of the Everglades or Keys. This one has been in the Viera Wetlands area for the last two weeks and is considered very rare in Brevard County.

Note the yellow colored legs which distinguishes it from the Great White Egret.

darrell-f

Nice catch.
Very nice catch. That is a one in ten thousand bird!

He's been there longer than two weeks. I saw him (if not him, certainly another white morp) in early May. See my post here.

Maestro

Yep, you found it. Very nice white morph! You and Darrell both did well.

Harryb

Congrats Ira, you managed to post a rare bird on your first post here at Dgrin and you ticked off the forum's Mod at the same time. :pissed

I spent a good part of Sunday looking for the sucker and couldn't get close enough for a decent capture.

Welcome to Dgrin.

IraRunyan

Harryb wrote:

Congrats Ira, you managed to post a rare bird on your first post here at Dgrin and you ticked off the forum's Mod at the same time. :pissed

I spent a good part of Sunday looking for the sucker and couldn't get close enough for a decent capture.

Welcome to Dgrin.

Sunday at 5:30 PM he was at the NW corner of the south Click pond near the pump. The next morning 6/16/2008 at 8:30 AM I saw him on the overflow pipe between the two ponds, but he was way too far away for a good photograph.