As the caption to one shot
<http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/resources/d_chalfant/pcd3910_020.jpg/view.html>
says "Great white heron, a white phase of the great blue heron, found
only in Florida" Otherwise, Great Blue Herons are various shades of
blue, gray and sometimes a bit of greenishness.
The bird in question is clearly a form of egret/heron, the difference is
more in the naming than the birds. However, my North American bird books
don't cover India. :-)
With nothing in the picture to make scale clear, it appears it may be
too big (?) for a Snowy Egret in non-breeding plumage, although
otherwise shape and proportion look right. It's hard to tell if the beak
color, esp at the base, is right in this shot. The beak color is wrong
and proportions aren't right for a Great Egret.
So best guess, an Asian variety of egret or a Snowy Egret if they occur
there.
Moose
Siddiq wrote:
>On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 16:21:46 -0700, Roland Ruehl <roland.ruehl@xxxxxxx>
>wrote:
>
>
>>Looks like a great blue heron. See, for instance
>>
>>http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/pictures/Ardea.html
>>
>>
>>>http://users2.ev1.net/~wesiddiquis/siddiq/bird.jpg
>>>
>>>
>
>GBH does look like it; wonder why "blue" though... I've got a couple more
>shots of the same, but none as close as the one posted.
>
==============================================
List usage info: http://www.zuikoholic.com
List nannies: olympusadmin@xxxxxxxxxx
==============================================
|
