ML644811989
Little Blue x Tricolored Heron (hybrid) Egretta caerulea x tricolor
Contributor
Michael Dayton Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Rhoden Cove Road Landing
Leon, Florida, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
Tentative ID on an odd wader. Mostly blue heron with a white “necklace” and yellowish facial skin around the eye. Bill is long and more slender than expected for LBHE. Its calling alerted us to the bird as it wasn’t a call we had heard before, but after reviewing audio it sounds a lot like LBHE calls (our audio attached). Bird was a spitting image of this documented (and better-photographed) hybrid: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/71397641
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D5600
- ISO
- 200
- Focal length
- 300 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/7.1
- Shutter speed
- 55924/44739201 sec
- Dimensions
- 704 pixels x 469 pixels
- Original file size
- 186.71 KB