Subject: [Tweeters] ID of unusually white heron
Date: Dec 30 12:25:11 2012
From: Kelly McAllister - mcallisters4 at comcast.net


I'd go with yellow on a mature plastic heron. They lighten with exposure to
UV.



From: tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu
[mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Lyn Topinka
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2012 12:18 PM
To: Tweeters
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] ID of unusually white heron




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