Check the beak, eye and feet in particular, plus the even gray shade underneath. I think that's a Black-crowned Night-Heron. On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 8:40 PM, Harry Fuller <atowhee@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > i WAS BIRDING AROUND MALHEUR JUNE 20-21...AND THIS PICTURE WAS AMONG THOSE > I JUST GOT TO LOOK AT TODAY...GLAUCOUS-WINGED SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY RATIONAL > CONCLUSION: > > -- > Harry Fuller > author of FREEWAY BIRDING, see: *freewaybirding.com > <http://freewaybirding.com>* > Atowhee@gmail > http://www.towhee.net > my birding blog: atowhee.wordpress.com > -- Forrest English