Posted by Jeff Weber on August 06, 2002 at 08:25:12:
In Reply to: What Say You? Part 2 posted by Paul on August 04, 2002 at 12:22:53:
It's a white-morph GB Heron. You'll never see that little head plume on a Great Egret. Also, while yellowish leg color is a field mark of the white morph, it isn't always there. Leg color can be affected by age, season, even mud. The backlit legs in your photo, while not yellow, are clearly lighter than those of a Great Egret.
: This creature was ever-present in February at Flamingo and was habituated to the point that it fed from the bait bucket of some of the fisherfolks by the "movie screen". The size seemed to be bigger than the common egret yet it didn't have the light toned leg of the morph GB. If you are familiar with that branch just off shore down by where the Ruddy Turnstones play you have an idea of the size.
: What does everyone thing: Common egret (American egret) or the white morph of the Great Blue?