Oriole and one more GB Heron

[JW Mills]

Oriole in my backyard sometime last week
 

 
 
Heron at Smythe Park Aug 6
This shot was taken with a Canon P+S
 

[Cody]

Very nice! Heron looks great!

[denis]

nice detail in the oriole john.

[ravynne40]

Both fabulous pictures, I'm curious about the plumage on the heron though, he has a lot more longer string like plumage in the front...then the heron I saw at humber bay...does it mean he is an older heron?

[JW Mills]

Thanks Cody, Denis and Irene.
 
Irene, you may be correct regarding the correlation between age and plume length. I was at High Park today and snapped what I believed to be a juvie GBH. He had no plume strings at all. Also his neck feathers seemed short and unfluffy (if that's a word!) compared to this fellow.

[MEGHAN]

Nice photos John,
That park really is great!
As for plumage, I'm no expert..I'm sure Google could help me here... but I tend to agree with the theory here.
I took a picture of this guy last year, He just SEEMED older to me.
His plumage is longer and really, really darker than any other GHB I've seen.

[JW Mills]

Thanks Meghan, and great shots!
Here's a pic of what I believe to be a juvie. You can clearly see the difference in plumage between this one and the other two
 
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