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Subject: [OM] Re: [photo]blue heron?
From: Rand E <rtomcala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2006 12:14:41 -0400
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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