I to was curious about the colors. I grew up and lived in Michigan and
ended up in Maryland and the herons that I am familiar with are the very
dark ones that Walt refers to.
Rand E.
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Walt Wayman wrote:
> I was puzzled by the color myself at first, since ours are blue-grey and
> quite dark, but apparently they range in color from very dark to snow white.
>
> Everything you ever wanted to know, and more:
>
> http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Great_Blue_Heron.html
>
> Walt
>
> --
> "Anything more than 500 yards from
> the car just isn't photogenic." --
> Edward Weston
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: AG Schnozz <agschnozz@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>>>The white feathers around the head are distictive for Great
>>>Blues. The feather plumes only occur on adults. Other
>>>herons might have plumes as well but I don't think you'd be
>>>likely to see them in your neck of the woods.
>>
>>That's interesting. Having grown up in Michigan I saw herons
>>quite frequently. Never saw one with white plumage, though.
>>
>>AG
>
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