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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0027_01CAE589.7925A170 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ulli, You mentioned the "streamer like feathers on the tail" of the Martinique = and the Mahone Bay Little Blue Herons: I checked all my photos of the = Mahone Bay bird vs. the Martinique bird and they do seem to be the same = with regard to the tail. However, I performed a "Google" search for = images of Little Blue Herons and came up with maybe 10% of the birds = showing the "streamers" in breeding plumage. Maybe this is dependant = upon actual stage of breeding plumage? Ref: Cornel eField Guide for a = good example of two birds in "breeding plumage" - one with "streamers" = and one without! My other field guide references such as Petersons, = National Geographic, Sibleys and Smithsonian, do not show the = "streamers" in breeding plumage but National Wildlife Federation does = show them! Whereas the Martinique and Mahone Bay subjects could be the same bird = due to the tail adornments, I had the distinct impression that the one = at Martinique was much darker than the Mahone Bay bird. This could be = because of significantly different lighting conditions - today was = overcast and dull while at Mahone Bay it was bright and sunny. There = was one other difference that I noted from my pictures: The "eye ring" = and base of the bill was very light and obvious in the Mahone Bay bird = vs. the Martinique bird which showed almost no eye ring and a darker = bill base - once again this could have been the poor lighting today vs. = the bright lighting at Mahone Bay. Paul From: Ulli=20 Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 6:16 PM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Little Blue Heron - Another One Hello Folks,=20 Looking at Paul's photos I noticed the streamer like feathers on the = bird's tail. I did notice similar feathers on the Mahone Bay bird 3 weeks ago. Is this a regular detail of breeding plumage adult Little Blue Herons, = or does this feature may point to the possibility that this is the same = individual? Ulli On 26-Apr-10, at 5:46 PM, Paul Murray wrote: April 26, 2010 East Petpeswick Road,=20 West Chezzetcook, NS Made a run down to Martinique Beach this afternoon to see what was = around, especially looked for the Piping Plovers. No sign of them but = the weather was not especially good for them either. However, on the = return trip on the East Petpeswick Rd, I discovered another Little Blue = Heron when I stopped to look at a Great Blue Heron. Both birds were = feeding near the shore of Petpeswick Inlet just south of municipal lot = 910 - there is a small white cottage on the left side of the road = directly opposite of the bird's location this afternoon. Approximate = GPS coordinates are: N 44.44.626 and W 063.08.998 (or, at least that's = what my Garmin GPS says, if I can believe it!) When I approached the GB Heron, the Little Blue Heron surprised me = when he flew off to some nearby trees. I got a couple of pictures of = him in the tree but not great quality due to the complexity of tree = branches. After a while he took flight again and flew around the = corner. I did manage to get some good pics of him in flight. They can = be seen in my online gallery at: = http://scranlocker.smugmug.com/photos/swfpopup.mg?AlbumID=3D11974415&Albu= mKey=3DyETkS Paul Murray Dartmouth Note:=20 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com=20 Version: 9.0.814 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2837 - Release Date: 04/26/10 = 15:27:00 ------=_NextPart_000_0027_01CAE589.7925A170 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.7600.16535"></HEAD> <BODY=20 style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 10px; PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; WORD-WRAP: break-word; = PADDING-TOP: 15px; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space"=20 id=3DMailContainerBody leftMargin=3D0 topMargin=3D0 = CanvasTabStop=3D"true"=20 name=3D"Compose message area"> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Ulli,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>You mentioned the "streamer like feathers on the = tail" of=20 the Martinique and the Mahone Bay Little Blue Herons: = I=20 checked all my photos of the Mahone Bay bird vs. the Martinique = bird and=20 they do seem to be the same with regard to the tail. = However, I=20 performed a "Google" search for images of Little Blue Herons and = came up=20 with maybe 10% of the birds showing the "streamers" in breeding = plumage. =20 Maybe this is dependant upon actual stage of breeding plumage? = Ref: Cornel=20 eField Guide for a good example of two birds in "breeding plumage" - one = with=20 "streamers" and one without! My other field guide references such = as=20 Petersons, National Geographic, Sibleys and Smithsonian, <STRONG>do = not=20 show</STRONG> the "streamers" in breeding plumage but National = Wildlife=20 Federation <STRONG>does show</STRONG> them!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Whereas the Martinique and Mahone Bay = subjects could=20 be the same bird due to the tail adornments, I had the distinct = impression that=20 the one at Martinique was much darker than the Mahone Bay bird. = This could=20 be because of significantly different lighting conditions - today = was=20 overcast and dull while at Mahone Bay it was bright and = sunny. There=20 was one other difference that I noted from my pictures: The = "eye=20 ring" and base of the bill was very light and obvious in the Mahone Bay = bird vs.=20 the Martinique bird which showed almost no eye ring and a darker bill = base -=20 once again this could have been the poor lighting today vs. the bright = lighting=20 at Mahone Bay.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Paul</FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt Tahoma"> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #f5f5f5"> <DIV style=3D"font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A=20 title=3D"mailto:uhoeger@dal.ca CTRL + Click to follow l