We observed a heron with unusual plumage at Dungeness, near Sequim, in the wetlands due west of the old Three Crabs Restaurant. Our Florida birding friends think it?s a Wurdmann?s, and we think it could be leucistic GBH, Wurdmann?s, or possibly a real unusual prospect (Eurasian, South American species?). I?m waiting to hear from my South American birding friends. I?ve never seen a normal GBH with such extreme plumage coloration (mostly white head, neck, stomach).


A link to a photo on Flickr is here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stormygirl/8317189258/in/photostream
If the link creates any trouble, use www.flickr.com/photos/stormygirl and look for the white-neck heron.

Thanks!

Charlene Burge
Olympic Peninsula and Imperial Valley