Verification of what, I think, is an American Bittern
CB
which visited our pond yesterday 6/27/09. This is in SW Oregon.
Thanks for any info.
3Putt in Coastal SC
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I believe it is a Green Heron with it's neck fully outstretched.
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Lanny Chambers
"3Putt in Coastal SC" <bo...@theswamp.com> wrote:
> > http://slothaby.googlepages.com/bittern876a.jpg
>
>
> I believe it is a Green Heron with it's neck fully outstretched.
Agreed. In fact, the pose is almost identical to the Green Heron
illustration in my Peterson.
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Larry Sheldon
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Geez
> In article <edc2m.279659$6p1.110...@en-nntp-02.dc1.easynews.com>,
I've got to get up to date. I'm still using a Peterson 1961, 2nd
edition. I couldn't decide what this was.
Thanks everyone.
Charlie
Lanny Chambers
<9ccee25e-de63-4d65...@i6g2000yqj.googlegroups.com>,
Geez <cbau...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I've got to get up to date. I'm still using a Peterson 1961, 2nd
> edition.
Yes, I have a real advantage with my 4th Edition from 1980. Not nearly
as many of its contents have gone extinct. :-)
jadel
Green Heron. From time to time one sits on a telephone cable across
the Tygart Valley River here. It will stretch its neck just like that.
J. Del Col (Philippi, WV)
Cheryl Isaak
Sheldon" <lfsh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Lanny Chambers wrote:
>> In article <edc2m.279659$6p1.1...@en-nntp-02.dc1.easynews.com>,
>> "3Putt in Coastal SC" <bo...@theswamp.com> wrote:
>>
>>>> http://slothaby.googlepages.com/bittern876a.jpg
>>>
>>> I believe it is a Green Heron with it's neck fully outstretched.
>>
>> Agreed. In fact, the pose is almost identical to the Green Heron
>> illustration in my Peterson.
>
> I can't believe all this conversation about _birds_, fer crying out loud.
Hurrah - I get to live vicariously through all of you getting to see all
sorts of neat birds that don't come around here. OK, I might see a Green
Heron at the coast....
Cheryl
Martini
Thanks to Charlie and Lanny for a nostalgia booster this morning. My first
"blue bird book" (pronounced with exploding "b"s) was the 1961 Peterson field
guide. Twenty years later, I lost it in a load of books my wife took to a book
fair. So I opted for one of the two new (1980) Peterson guides published in
Boston to replace my original; living in Northern Virginia, I chose the "Eastern
Birds" volume. It's at my elbow now and confirms, as Lanny and Cheryl reported,
the Green Heron on alert.
Martin
jadel
>
> Geez <cbauwi...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > I've got to get up to date. I'm still using a Peterson 1961, 2nd
> > edition.
>
> Yes, I have a real advantage with my 4th Edition from 1980. Not nearly
> as many of its contents have gone extinct. :-)
>
> --
> Lanny Chambers
> St. Louis, MO
I've still got my little Zim et.al. Golden Guide to Birds and the
larger Golden Guide that came out a few years later. These date back
to the 50's and 60's, IIRC.
But why do I also have a Collins guide to the birds of Southeast Asia.
( I think it was on a remainder table for a couple bucks.) It still
lists the Pink-Headed Duck.
Then there are the books on Birds of Paradise and Megapodes--parts of
an Oxford UP series.
J. Del Col
Jerry Avins
> Lanny Chambers wrote:
>> In article <edc2m.279659$6p1.1...@en-nntp-02.dc1.easynews.com>,
>> "3Putt in Coastal SC" <bo...@theswamp.com> wrote:
>>
>>>> http://slothaby.googlepages.com/bittern876a.jpg
>>>
>>> I believe it is a Green Heron with it's neck fully outstretched.
>>
>> Agreed. In fact, the pose is almost identical to the Green Heron
>> illustration in my Peterson.
>
> I can't believe all this conversation about _birds_, fer crying out loud.
You want another squirrel story? I think I told it already.
Jerry
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3Putt in Coastal SC
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OK, I'll take some credit too then. My Peterson's is circa 1980. If you
can get binary groups, why not take a look at alt.binaries.birds or at least
Google it and look at some of the Green Heron photos that have been posted.
(binary groups not required if you go to:
www.usenet-replayer.com/groups/alt.binaries.birds.html
Lanny Chambers
<e2a4b99b-4a70-4ffa...@k20g2000vbp.googlegroups.com>,
jadel <delc...@ab.edu> wrote:
> I've still got my little Zim et.al. Golden Guide to Birds and the
> larger Golden Guide that came out a few years later. These date back
> to the 50's and 60's, IIRC.
I inherited my mother's Zim guide, with which I grew up to love birds.
It's dated 1948. IMHO, it's still the best guide for kids and beginners.
Lanny Chambers
"3Putt in Coastal SC" <bo...@theswamp.com> wrote:
> If you
> can get binary groups, why not take a look at alt.binaries.birds
Or simply search images.google.com.
Rick
amazing me is that it is not that different from the newer ones. The
new ones have lots of pictures, while Peterson is lots of description.
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