Sherry-
Nice photos . I'd say YCNH for the same reasons as you do : long neck, long
legs; the bird has a certain sleekness to it that BCNH does not.
Did you see the bird fly? that is a very key field mark to see the legs
extend well beyond the tail.
could you tell me about this photo site - off line. a very impressive site.
good birding
Taylor McLean
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From: "Sherry" <>
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Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 4:52 PM
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Juvenile Yellow-crowned Night-heron?
> Ken and I were walking near Wilde Lake in Columbia this morning. At
> approximately 11:30 am we saw a juvenile heron in the stream above the
> lake (behind Beaverbrook, near Harper's Choice). I thought it might be a
> Yellow-crowned Night Heron, but we figured it was much more likely to be
> a Black-crowned. But when we got home and compared the photographs we
> had taken with Sibley's, we were surprised to see that they did look
> much more like Sibley's picture of the Yellow-crown, with the long neck,
> dark bill, and white-edged wing feathers.
>
> I'd appreciate it if some more experienced birders would look at the
> photos and tell me whether it's a YCNH or a BCNH. They're the first five
> pictures on this page:
> http://flyaway.smugmug.com/gallery/74843
>
> To see each picture, click on the thumbnail. Note that you can view the
> pictures in four sizes, from small to original (which is extremely
> large), so you can magnify it to whatever degree you want to.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Sherry
> nightheron = at = despammed =dot= com
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