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Hi All,
I'm afraid I estimated low ("30 cm plus"), because sometimes an
impressive looking bird like this one can seem bigger in the minds
eye (let the jokes and innuendo{ SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1} abound!). I checked Google for pics
of the American bittern, and this is definately what I saw.
Cheers!
Greg
Date sent: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 08:06:42 -0700 (PDT)
From: Paul MacDonald <paulrita2001@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Marsh bird in Kegi-ID please
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
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> Hi Richard and All
> Greg said the bird was 30 cm high.
> An American Bittern would be at least twice that
> height!
> Would that not rule out an american bittern?
> Have a nice summer
> Paul
>
>
> --- Richard Stern <sternrichard@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 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)
> > > >
> > >
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