ah, HE'S BACK !!!!!!!!! ... a "cousin" of your
Heron was at the Ridgefield Refuge in 2010 found
near the edge of one of the smaller lakes near a
hunter's blind ... our "heron" had a black bill
however and with a bit different facial markings ...

http://ridgefieldbirds.com/Images10Dec/RNWR_mystery_heron_12-31-10.jpg

hum, perhaps we have an adult and an immature
representation ??? ... are their bills black when
mature or yellow when mature ??? ...

happy birding,
Lyn
Vancouver, Washington




At 10:47 PM 12/29/2012, notcalm at comcast.net wrote:
>Charlene,
>
>Did you see it move? I do not see an eye, the
>bill is much too thick for a Great Blue and it
>looks artificial, but it may be the photo. Do you have additional photos?
>Best guess: Artificial replica of an
>Intermediate Morph (W??rdemann's) GB with
>serious need for beak reconstruction. If plastic, needs plastic surgery.
>
>Dan Reiff
>
>
>----------
>From: "Charlene Burge" <birdlvr at earthlink.net>
>To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
>Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2012 1:54:56 PM
>Subject: [Tweeters] ID of unusually white heron
>
>
>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
>
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Lyn Topinka
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