[TN-Bird] Re: Eagleville bird ID
- From: "ethden ." <ethden@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: queenmab001@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2013 12:48:45 -0500
Another diagnostic with the first year Little Blue Heron are the legs,
which are a light greenish gray color- the same as the adult Little Blue
Heron. Great Egret, Snowy Egret, and Cattle Egret have dark legs. (Of
course, the Snowy Egret has yellow feet, which show when out of the water.)
Kevin Bowden
Nashville TN
On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 11:40 AM, queen mab <queenmab001@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Eagleville, TN
> Rutherford County
> 08-04-13
> 10:30AM
>
> I was taking trash to the dump and decided just to make a quick
> run-through at North Lane and Swamp. What I found were bluebirds, male
> Kingfisher, Red-winged Blackbirds, a hawk and to the right on Swamp at the
> small pond surrounded by trees, I saw a Great Egret and two smaller white
> birds. I am wondering if they were juvenile Great Egrets. I see the
> yellowing of the legs, but the black tip on the beak is throwing me. I
> looked in Sibley's and Crossley's, but I don't see a similar pic of a
> juvenile Great Egret. Can someone confirm, please?
>
> Marnie Mitchell
> Rutherford County
>
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