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Index of Subjects Hi, While Least Bittern would be a possibility, there's nothing specifically in that description that would rule out an American Bittern, which has some yellow at the base of the bill, and has mottled brown spotting on the neck, + usually stretches its head upwards. Statistically much more likely. Quite common, but secretive and rarely seen - a neat bird. Richard On 9/6/06, Paul MacDonald <paulrita2001@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi Greg > Would Least Bittern fill the ID? > Not very common but heard of. CWS would be interested > if that is what it is. > Nice sighting > Paul > > --- Greg Dobbin <dobbin@upei.ca> wrote: > > > Hi, > > I am curious about a bird I saw this past weekend in > > Kegi while > > canoing on the Mersey River. It looked like a willet > > or a rail > > perhaps? It was a large bird, with its neck > > stretched upward it must > > have been 30 plus cm. It mottled brown on the breast > > with yellow up > > thru the neck toward the underparts of the head. It > > allowed us to > > approach within 4 or 5 feet. I either saw 2 or the > > same one twice in > > different parts of the river. It was hanging around > > the reeds at the > > edge of the water in both instances. > > Thanks. > > Greg > > Greg Dobbin > > Research Assistant > > Dept. of Pathology and Microbiology > > Atlantic Veterinary College, UPEI > > Phone: (902)566-0744 > > Fax: (902)566-0851(to my attention) > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > -- ################# Richard Stern, 317 Middle Dyke Rd., RR#1 Port Williams, NS, Canada B0P 1T0 rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca rbstern@xcountry.tv sternrichard@gmail.com ###################
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