[obol] Re: Little Blue Heron recent RBA
- From: "Wayne Weber" <contopus@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "OBOL2" <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2013 09:41:40 -0800
Oregon Birders,
I saw this same heron at Celilo Park on November 27th, and I have better
photos of it than Susie Hubbard's (i.e., higher magnification.) I am quite
sure that it's a leucistic Great Blue Heron, and I reported it as such to
eBird. I didn't recall that it had been seen in the same place last winter.
It's always worth reporting odd-looking herons-- as we know, this family of
birds is known for polymorphism. Although we have many hundreds of Great
Blues year-round near where I live in BC, I've never seen one that looked
like the Celilo Park bird.
Wayne C. Weber
Delta, BC
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Subject: [obol] Re: Little Blue Heron recent RBA
You are correct Lyn.
On Dec 7, 2013, at 10:15 PM, Lyn Topinka <pointers@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> hi ... it looks just like the leucistic Great Blue Heron which was posted
on OBOL last year and Gene and I drove out to see ... same park, possibly
same tree ... we were under the impression the bird winters there ...
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> http://northwestbirding.com/Images13Feb/celilo_park_great_blue_heron_l
> eucistic_02-08-13.jpg
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> Lyn
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> At 08:57 PM 12/7/2013, Owen Schmidt wrote:
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>> ....... just this evening a record was forwarded to the Oregon Bird
Records Committee, to the Secretary (Harry Nehls), a Little Blue Heron a
week ago at Celilo Park near The Dalles. Because the record is recent, I've
posted the photo and email to this site:
>> <http://oschmidt.net/OwenLSchmidtLLC/LBHE.html>http://oschmidt.net/Ow
>> enLSchmidtLLC/LBHE.html
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>> Greetings Harry,
>> I was fascinated to find this Heron at the Celilo State Park on the
Columbia River on Saturday November 30th and again on Sunday December 1st.
It appears to be a Little Blue Heron in 1st Spring plumage with mottled dark
grey feathers. Photos attached. I hope this proves interesting to you and
other birders as well.
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>> Sincerely,
>> Susie Hubbard
>> Damascus OR
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>> <mailto:oschmidt@xxxxxxx>oschmidt@xxxxxxx
>> Saturday, December 7, 2013
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> Lyn Topinka
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> http://ColumbiaRiverImages.com
> http://TheBarlowRoad.com
> http://RidgefieldBirds.com
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