Long Point Waterfowl
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Long Point Waterfowl

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purpun

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on: June 03, 2015, 07:39:43 PM
Can somebody help us ID this waterfowl? We had two quick flybys. The red/orange on it was vibrant.
Looks like some kind of duck to me but my husband said the neck looked almost heron-like when the bird took off.
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Rotarran

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Reply #1 on: June 03, 2015, 07:54:57 PM
I looked at some images of a Green Heron flying and it looks like it could be a match.
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Reply #2 on: June 03, 2015, 08:47:43 PM
Definitely Green Heron.
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Reply #3 on: June 04, 2015, 09:38:58 AM
Hello Purpun - we were there last week and had a similar sighting - perhaps the same bird - flying from the pond at the Bird Studies Canada area over the trees to the lake.  Did you see your Green Heron at the same place ?
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Reply #4 on: June 06, 2015, 02:30:25 PM
Green Heron wow, thanks all! My husband knew there was something different about that neck.

Molebird - that's exactly where we saw it! We were walking along the path from the cemetery to the road when we spotted it flying out of the pond.
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