ML382745161
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Observation details
Thrilling to see this Limpkin in Tennessee as it's a life bird for me. It is a heron-like sized bird that bobs when it walks like a sandpiper. Honestly I wasn't sure what it was. It had elements of a juvenile night heron, bittern, or clapper rail yet so different looking with its beautiful triangular white pattern that starts from the top of its head and extends down the neck, breast to mid-back. The triangular marks change from small and dense to large and further apart. It has a slightly decurved bill. Stokes Field Guide to Birds describes its tail as fan-shaped. It was foraging along the shoreline taking mussels and flying to the tree line to eat them. Check out the videos that were uploaded by Michael Todd to see just how unique this bird's bobbing is. That's the first thing that struck me when I spotted it.
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- 1754 pixels x 1187 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.05 MB