I'm here at Evergreen with Sally Leavitt, and we've been observing the bird at the end of the large pond for approximately 45 minutes. We're suspecting that it may be a juvenile Green Heron, rather than an American Bittern. There is a distinct 2 tone pattern to the head, greenish-gray above and reddish-brown below. There is a short white submoustachial or malar stripe , and the lores are distinctly yellow. The breast has bold longitudinal streaking, but it seems more narrow than a bittern's. In addition, the neck, and the bird in general, seem shorter than a bittern. Photo link to follow later today.
Julie Krasne
----
Maine birds mailing list
maine-birds@googlegroups.com
http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds
https://sites.google.com/site/birding207
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Maine birds" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to maine-birds+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
0 comments:
Post a Comment