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Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: mr.sharp-photo on April 30, 2009, 12:02:07 PM

Title: Plz help me ID this bird - spotted near Don River
Post by: mr.sharp-photo on April 30, 2009, 12:02:07 PM

Hope you can help me out.
my fiancee and i were jogging today when we saw a large bird fly over us. we spotted it in a tree later on.

here's the description:

it has a greyish colour.
has legs that makes me think its a water fowl.
it was the size of a huge gull and had a very large wingspan.
looked like a heron when flying, but didn't have what i would guess was a typical heron wing shape.
its face kind of looked like a large version of a mourning dove.
it was roosted in the tree for a few minutes and then gracefully and slowly took off and flew away.

i don't recall seeing this bird before. again, would have guessed it was a heron but didn't look like a GBH or black crowned night heron.

any links to any pictures or any suggestions would be appreciated. thanks

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Post by: Niloc on April 30, 2009, 05:26:42 PM

A better response will come if you post this under the ' Bird ID' catagory...there are amazing birders on this site I am sure somebody will know - cheers!

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Post by: mr.sharp-photo on May 01, 2009, 11:20:29 AM

was an American Bittern.
thanks!

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Post by: Andreas Jonsson on May 02, 2009, 03:01:20 AM

Moved topic to proper forum.

Thanks for posting.