The Boat Billed Heron

[Khaos]

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[John Mueller]

Aint never heard of or saw such a creature:D
Cool looking bird.
Thanks for sharing:thumb

[ehughes]

Great shots, interesting looking bird... Great Job


Ed

[Tim Kirkwood]

This is a really great set!:clap


I like them very much. I too have never seen this bird. Not much exotic stuff here in Ohio.

Nice and sharp and I love the color and detail in the feathers.:thumb


Tim

*EDIT* I just saw remembered your in Ohio also. Where did you find such boyds? Maybe I just need to get out more.:dunno

[jwear]

that's a new one ,very nice set --is it wild or in the zoo????????? :scratch

[Phil U.]

excellent sharp shots, nicely lit! :thumb Looks like those beaks are so heavy they weigh their heads down...

[bfjr]

Another series of sharp/good shots :thumb
and a bird I've never seen :thumb
Thanks K for posting

[Khaos]

Thanks Ed and John. He's definately different looking.

[lynnma]

Hey nice birds! never seen one! lovely and crisp, nice tones. They look shy :thumb

[Khaos]

Thanks Tim and Jeff.

These are found farther south, around Mexcio and Central America.

I've gotten a lot of my pics of different birds at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh. They have two areas there, The Wetlands, and The Rain Forest that are enclosed bio-sphere-type environments where birds roam freely and act as they would in their natural habitat. You still need to bump the ISO up to 800 most of the time for pics like these because the trees are dense and the sun doesn't reach as much as it would because of the dirty glass plated roof.

Around where I live it's your normal small birds, common water fowl, and the occassional Blue Heron.

[Khaos]

Hey nice birds! never seen one! lovely and crisp, nice tones. They look shy :thumb
Thanks Lynn.

They did seem shy. They tended to always stay well within the trees away from the main walkway. while other birds would go right up to people. In another thread I'll post some of a Grey Winged Trumpeter that got frisky with my wife and gave her a kiss.:D

[Harryb]

excellent shots of a heron that I never saw before. :clap

[Khaos]

Thanks Phil, Ben, and Harry.

I would of liked to seen one fly. Maybe next time. It's big enough in there for a blue heron to fly around.