| reserved for bitterns - 07.10.07 |
| submitter: | robert kershaw |
| location: | oakland, california |
| from my morning bike ride through Oakland's Chinatown. |
| category: | Seen Worse |
| comments: | 14 |
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| wim commented on 07.14.07 | | let's hope our lives are not filled bith bitternes but with heroes |
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| robert k commented on 07.12.07 | | bitterns and herons are the same family. at first when i saw these birds that was what i thought they were. they looked like an American Bittern i'd seen in the past. |
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| Smart Set commented on 07.12.07 | | So that's settled, then. The title needs changing now.
I've never seen a bittern, but I've always thought they were fascinating birds. |
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| Chaf commented on 07.12.07 | | The ones in the middle are pidgeons...in case you were wondering. |
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| robert k commented on 07.12.07 | | I think you're right SS. My research shows they are Black-crowned Night Herons (Nycticorax nycticorax). Wondering if the one in back is possibly a female. There were three pairs in the parking lot. |
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| Smart Set commented on 07.12.07 | | In fact, the more I look at it, the more I'm convinced that the one at the back is a juvenile black-crowned night-heron. Makes sense that it would be with its parent. |
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| Smart Set commented on 07.12.07 | | But I think the one in front is a black-crowned night-heron. |
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| Smart Set commented on 07.12.07 | | I think the one at the back is a female or a juvenile. |
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| wim commented on 07.11.07 | | this is not the Botaurus Stellaris, SE, lost in the UK, but the Botaurus Lentiginosus, a bird in good conditions in the US of A |
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| Sleepeasy commented on 07.11.07 | | Duh. Didn't spot that. But are they both bitterns? |
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| wim commented on 07.11.07 | | stern? |
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| Smart Set commented on 07.11.07 | | SE, the clue is in the title. |
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| Sleepeasy commented on 07.11.07 | | Amazing wildlife. I recognise the pigeons, but what are the two birds at the front and at the back? The one at the front looks like a penguin on stilts. |
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| wim commented on 07.10.07 | | reserved between 16 and 15, a place for birds. Used to be a category I think |
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