ML190219311
heron sp. Ardeidae sp.
Contributor
Mikael Behrens Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Ctr. (CTC 057)
Nueces, Texas, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
I was excited to see for myself the strange-looking juvenile heron that has been photographed here several times over the last month or two. Its plumage most closely matches a juvenile night-heron, but differences include yellow eyes, a longer bill, rusty brown in the wings, and partially dark legs and feet. It seems to walk around more and be more diurnally active than the other juvenile and adult Black-crowned Night-Herons in the surrounding reeds. This bird is currently thought to be a hybrid between one of the night-herons and a Tricolored Heron, but this is just a guess. I hope it hangs around long enough for us to see what its adult plumage looks like!
Technical information
- Model
- DMC-G5
- Lens
- LEICA DG 100-400/F4.0-6.3
- ISO
- 1000
- Focal length
- 173 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/8.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/250 sec
- Dimensions
- 4608 pixels x 3456 pixels
- Original file size
- 7.81 MB