San Antonio river walk bird

[SirArmstrong]

Caught this bird along the river walk in San Antonio. It was snatching small fish from the "river." Can anyone ID this bird?

http://sirarmstrong.smugmug.com/photos/78459255-L.jpg

[saurora]

I'm going to make a really wild guess here just for the fun of it! I really don't know but...he looks like a night heron and he's blue and purple and maybe some other colors. How about a tri-colored night heron???? Is there such a bird. :rofl :dunno But meanwhile, it's a beautiful bird and a beautiful shot! Nicely composed, pretty background and I like his "pose". :thumb

[Osprey Whisperer]

Nice shot of a little green heron, Steve. :thumb

Green Heron Info:

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Green_Heron.html

[Brooks P]

Nice one. I really like the detail. I went to your site, but you don't have the exif data available on this one. May I ask how close you were to this bird, and how long a lens you used. I'm relatively new to bird photography and I am trying to get a feel for the distances and the lenses being used.

[SirArmstrong]

Thanks for the guess saurora, and the link Bird Man. A Green Heron, cool.

Brooks, here is the EXIF - I did some post processing but this is the original data.

File Name: IMG_0386.CR2
Camera Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Shooting Date/Time: 6/29/2006 3:28:37 PM
Shooting Mode: Program AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ): 1/200
Av( Aperture Value ): 4.0
Metering Mode: Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation: 0
ISO Speed: 400
Lens: 70.0 - 200.0mm
Focal Length: 200.0mm
Image Size: 3456x2304
Image Quality: RAW
Flash: Off
White Balance Mode: Auto
AF Mode: One-Shot AF
File Size: 7593KB
Drive Mode: Single-frame shooting

[Harryb]

Nice capture of a green heron. They can be tough to shoot because thye are very shy.

[saurora]

Hmmm...He sure doesn't look green to me!!! :rofl

[Dick on Aruba]

Fantastic capture Steve.

Thanks for sharing.

Dick.