Subject: [Tweeters] Fwd: GREG at Nisqually NWR thoughts
Date: Jan 17 17:29:31 2011
From: Dennis Paulson - dennispaulson at comcast.net


From Bill Tweit, an interesting post:

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> From: sebnabgill at aol.com
> Date: January 17, 2011 5:21:05 PM PST
> Subject: GREG at Nisqually NWR thoughts
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> Dennis,
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> When I saw that bird, or presumably same one, in November, legs were mostly, if not all dark. Interesting that they now show significant color, I'll try to get out there to look at it soon. Can you post to Tweeters (I don't have an account) that one difference I have noticed between the New World egretta and modesta in Asia [these are named subspecies of Ardea alba, the Great Egret] is that the latter are fairly vocal, regularly uttering a low rattle that had some similarity to Sandhill Crane to my ear. I almost never hear egretta vocalize away from rookeries, but the very few instances have been reminiscent of the commonly heard Great Blue "fronk" call. If anyone hears this bird calling, that provide very interesting information.
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> Bill
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