http://abstractmusings.com/2005/01/everglades-november-2004 Documenting the random thoughts of a cluttered mind since 2004 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:59:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://abstractmusings.com/2005/01/everglades-november-2004/comment-page-1#comment-6736 Tiffany H. Thu, 11 May 2006 07:16:43 +0000 http://blog.robbyedwards.com/photos/index.php/album/everglades/a-day-in-the-everglades-november-2004/#comment-6736 Hello there, I was just browsing your page and saw that you had a photo mislabeled. Your second photo on page one is labeled as being a White Heron, a relative of the Great Blue Heron. While it is true that a White Heron is a morph of the Great Blue (Smithsonia Handobooks "Birds of Florida"), your photo actually depicts a Great Egret, a rather common bird here in South Florida. The way I was taught to tell the difference (from a kind gentleman at the Wild Bird Santuary in the Florida Keys) is that White Herons look VERY much like Great Blues (especially), just white, and have fleshy colored legs (also mentioned in the Smithsonian book). Great Egrets, on the other hand, have black legs and much more yellow beaks. The following website has images of both; the differences are easier to see when next to each other. (http://themarksman.us/birdwatching/birdwatching_g.htm) Seems to be a common mistake though. I wouldn't have known unless I'd heard it from the Sanctuary, since the differences are so small. Sorry to intrude... ~Tiff Hello there, I was just browsing your page and saw that you had a photo mislabeled. Your second photo on page one is labeled as being a White Heron, a relative of the Great Blue Heron. While it is true that a White Heron is a morph of the Great Blue (Smithsonia Handobooks “Birds of Florida”), your photo actually depicts a Great Egret, a rather common bird here in South Florida. The way I was taught to tell the difference (from a kind gentleman at the Wild Bird Santuary in the Florida Keys) is that White Herons look VERY much like Great Blues (especially), just white, and have fleshy colored legs (also mentioned in the Smithsonian book). Great Egrets, on the other hand, have black legs and much more yellow beaks. The following website has images of both; the differences are easier to see when next to each other. (http://themarksman.us/birdwatching/birdwatching_g.htm)
Seems to be a common mistake though. I wouldn’t have known unless I’d heard it from the Sanctuary, since the differences are so small.
Sorry to intrude…
~Tiff

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