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Pappy Jon
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| Quote: | Originally posted by The Gull
Wiles, if they are night herons what are they doing out in the daytime? |
Cool bird (the night heron). They flock in trees. Not what you would expect.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Pappy Jon
They flock in trees. Not what you would expect. |
I tried to flauk in a tree one time. It still hurts.
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I think I am seeing Black crowned night herons or possibly yellow crowned night herons (the pale ones are imature). Also in the pic. are possible
tree duckes(?) and coots.
[Edited on 12-29-2007 by BajaHawk]
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Bajahawk
do you think that the bird in the white pelican pic is a coot/mud hen or a duck?
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Did someone say HERON?
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Concern for the estero
This picture was taken 4 days ago.
There are some herons in this one also
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This one taken this morning
Since we have had no rain, the estero depends on underground springs to fill back up. The mouth is still breached and the water is down to a
trickle. The habitat for the birds shrinks daily.
Any ideas on this?
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bajajudy
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That is why
all the birds are in this small pool
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajajudy
Since we have had no rain, the estero depends on underground springs to fill back up. The mouth is still breached and the water is down to a
trickle. The habitat for the birds shrinks daily.
Any ideas on this? |
Pray.......
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Hard to say what we are looking at here (White Pelican Photo). It is running across the water to take off (presumably) which is what Coots must do to
start flying - they can't take off from a stand still on land or water.
Ducks can take off from a stand still but will run on water to get a start.
All that said...I would guess this is a female Bufflehead - a small duck species.
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Here is a close-up
Fuzzy but maybe we can solve the coot/duck mystery
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bajajudy
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more fuzz
but this is a duck
Still not much water in the estero.
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Dry
If you look closely, you can see the water line.
[Edited on 1-1-2008 by bajajudy]
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajajudy
Fuzzy but maybe we can solve the coot/duck mystery |
Those are ducks. Fuzzy ducks.
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Judy....
In your first foto, the two birds swimming at the rear of the shot, gray with a white stripe across the face, are mud hens.
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bajajudy
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Hey those definitely walk like a coot.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajajudy
more fuzz
but this is a duck
Still not much water in the estero. |
That one's a pintail.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajajudy
Fuzzy but maybe we can solve the coot/duck mystery |
These are canvasbacks or readheads. Most likely the latter.
They both winter in Mexico.
[Edited on 1-1-2008 by Skipjack Joe]
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Coots are black.
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Coots have white beaks dont they?
Thanks skip...pintails, eh? The redhead fits. They are much redder in person
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