[TN-Bird] False alarm on Knox County Great White Heron
- From: Christopher Welsh <cwelsh@xxxxxxx>
- To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, FreeLists Mailing List Manager <ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:15:46 -0400
Just got a look at a photograph of the reported Great White Heron at Hickory
Creek Park in Knox County -- legs are dark, bill not heavy enough. Looks
like Great Egret to me. Sorry for the false alarm, but always worth
checking.
Chris Welsh
Knoxville, TN
>
> Subject: [TN-Bird] Knox County Great White Heron
> Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:51:46 -0400
> From: "Welsh, Christopher J E" <cwelsh@xxxxxxx>
>
> Just got a call from a friend who was watching a Great White Heron at Hickory
> Creek Park in northwest Knox County. The park is across from 2103 Everett
> Road.
> He described the bird as the same size as two nearby Great Blue Herons, large
> yellow bill, and light-colored legs.
>
> Chris Welsh
> Knoxville, Knox Co
>
>
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