[texbirds] Immature Reddish Egret (?) at Lake Somerville today
- From: Bill Wright <wmewrght@xxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 15:17:06 -0500
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Texbirders,
I wasn't drinking anything stronger than iced tea! I have posted two
photos at
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/wrightbirder/sets/72157630575578504/>
I saw this dark heron/egret standing close to a Great Egret. I focused
my binoculars and mentally went through what kind of heron/egret this
was. It kind of looked like a Reddish Egret, but what would it be doing
at Welsh Park on Lake Somerville?
It was smaller than the Great Egret. It was too small for a Great Blue
and didn't look like one anyway. I started comparing the field marks
with the field guide: dark bill and lores, and grey legs. Sibley says
the back is "unique pale chalky color." I am not sure what that means
but this bird's back looked like Sibley's picture. There was a reddish
cast to the underside of the neck and to the head. Am I correct that
this is an immature Reddish Egret?
It did not have the typical Reddish Egret foraging behavior.
I also saw three Orchard Orioles in the park, two males and one female,
bathing in a water puddle on the side of the road. Looks like this is
the first eBird record for OROR in Burleson County.
Bill Wright
Houston, TX
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