Spotted yesterday in Brenman Park, I believe this is the Great White Heron,* just another addition to the heron sightings in Northern Virginia. Go here to see the Great Blue Heron and the Green Heron.
*Correction: Great Egret
Because of a few comments that suggested I might have an egret here, rather than a heron, I consulted my National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America–probably where I should have gone in the first place. Anyway, egrets belong to the herons and bitterns (Family Ardeidae), and according to the field guide, the Great Egret is:
Large white heron with heavy yellow bill, blacklish legs and feet.
And how convenient…I just happened to get a shot of his feet! So, going on this, as well as a few other bits of heron and egret info, I’m gonna say that this is most likely a Great Egret. Thanks go out to Lana and DK Miller for the heads up.
What a fantastic picture. I’ll take your word for it that its a great white heron, I’m no good at naming birds…lol
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I can’t identify dogs, flowers OR birds. Beautiful picture, Holly!
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Pretty…and looks like you got pretty close, too…
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Very pretty! How big was it? It might have been an egret. Hard to tell, sometimes.
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Holly – great picture. This guy has it all over the white and green herons. . . not even sure why they’d hang around when GWH is in the neighborhood. Even though your pictures of them were excellent. I saw the music changed to all Neil Young – nice.
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Wow…beautiful and graceful white heron, Holly..What a fantastic shot you have there..
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Great photo of a beautiful bird. The sparking sunshine on the water behind him is beautiful, too.
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Hi ann, and thanks so much. Actually, Lana has suggested that it might be an egret, sooo…I’m no good at naming birds either! Don’t feel bad!
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Hello there Junk Drawer Kathy! (Didn’t you used to be just Kathy? Well, I like Junk Drawer Kathy) Thanks for the compliment and look above. Oops.
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Thanks, drjay. Actually, I put the camera on a zoom setting…which sometimes blurs things, but this one didn’t turn out too badly, I think.
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Hi and thanks, Lana. I’d say it was around 18″ tall, and yeah, it could well be an egret. Maybe I should investigate further…I googled instead of looking at my bird book!
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Thanks so much, koe. Glad you liked all the herons. Yeah, I originally wanted to put up James Taylor, but none of his music is available on Playlist…but Neil’s great too.
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Thanks so much, Icy. Glad you like it, though it could be an egret…oops.
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Hi Janie and thanks. Yeah, I really like the blue water filled with green algae.
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Youg ot “Great White” right though. It’s a “Great White Egret”. :-)
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Thanks, DK Miller. After going to my bird book, I see that this is most likely the Great Egret, so I’ll correct this post. Argh!
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