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What bird is this?

28-09-2007 11:24am

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TelePaul

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Any idea?

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#2 28-09-2007 11:26am

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its a young heron

http://images.google.ie/images?hl=en&q=heron&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

nice shot

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#3 28-09-2007 11:28am

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Yup, it's a heron alright.

Normally found along streams and rivers, they are a territorial solitary bird except during mating times...or when the seals are being fed at Dublin Zoo when they congregate alsmost like vultures and try to pick up the scraps!

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#4 28-09-2007 1:01pm

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Oh wow really? I thought Herons were much more gangly; longer feet and necks. I saw it in the Zoo but it didn't look like a zoo bird.

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#5 28-09-2007 1:07pm

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Confirm it's a heron. On one leg, note also the collapsed neck when resting.

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#6 28-09-2007 1:08pm

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Yeah, this bird just has his neck hunched low down and as he gets older his legs will grow longer

When I saw this thread I thought it was in the nature forum so apologies for not commenting on the photo quality. I know nothing about photography so it looks great to me

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