Comments on: Calling all bird watchers

By: della hancock

della hancock — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:24:09 +0000

it’s a chicken hulk’it eat’s small birds

By: Kitty

Kitty — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:16:57 +0000

It’s just a female night heron. Yellow-crowned, to be exact.
Any body who tells you otherwise is wrong. ^^ It MIGHT be a young black-crowned, or female, but I personally handled a young female and saw females of the yellow-crowned variety just a handful of days ago and know for a fact this is a night heron.
The eye’s brown, by the by; not “red.” Although it is a red-brown color. ^^

By: Dion

Dion — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:45:47 +0000

Nice picture. i want to get em thanks

Dion
http://www.softexpose.com

By: PlanoDallasone

PlanoDallasone — Wed, 24 May 2006 11:25:47 +0000

Here is the feedback from a biology professor who specializes in birds.

It’s a Black-crowned Night Heron. The name comes from the fact that it is a night-feeding species, foraging mostly on frogs, turtles, fish and other pond or wetland species. Compared to other herons it has a really short neck, and the shortened look is compounded by it sitting hunched down in trees.

If he sees similar sized birds in the same area that are brownish streaked, those are the juveniles. The adults can look pretty weird because of the red eye.

By: JW

JW — Wed, 24 May 2006 10:25:28 +0000

I dunno… there’s something fishy about that bird…

By: jk

jk — Wed, 24 May 2006 08:10:06 +0000

Looks like the Night Heron is the one. Good sleuthing everyone! Alas, the bird is gone today.

By: Davey A in the UK

Davey A in the UK — Wed, 24 May 2006 03:20:03 +0000

Looks like a young Heron,
Watch out if you have a pond/fish/frogs the parents will be looking to feed.

By: Josh Einstein

Josh Einstein — Wed, 24 May 2006 02:11:16 +0000

It’s a dodo.

By: fil

fil — Wed, 24 May 2006 00:15:07 +0000

It’s a Chimichanga Lurking bird.

By: Douglass Carmichael

Douglass Carmichael — Tue, 23 May 2006 23:20:45 +0000

Yes. In the last picture we can see the long legs through the leaves.