[Leica] LAKE MAYER, is this a grey heron?

[rcmphoto at yahoo.com (R. Clayton McKee)]

>From the patterning under the wing I think Great Blue.? It seems to me that 
>it's a little too well defined to be just shadowing.? 


Nice shot...

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R. Clayton McKee
PhotoJournalist
from somewhere just south of somewhere else...


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> From: "wildlightphoto at earthlink.net" <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>
>To: lug at leica-users.org 
>Sent: Thursday, June 7, 2012 10:42 AM
>Subject: Re: [Leica] LAKE MAYER, is this a grey heron?
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>Jean-Michel Mertz wrote:
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>Hello Luggers,Dusk was creeping in over Lake Mayer (early April) and I saw 
>this bird obviously eager to be on my picture. Is this a grey heron? 
>Jean-Michel<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Jean-Michel/SAVANNAH+2012/LAKE+
>MAYER.html>
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>If this is Lake Mayer in Savannah Georgia it's very unlikley it's a Grey
>Heron (Ardea cinerea), which is typically a eurasian species.? If the
>coloration is similar to the Grey Heron, it's most likely a Great Blue
>Heron (Ardea herodias), or if it's a white bird (can't tell from this
>photo) it's most likely a Great Egret (Ardea alba).
>
>Doug Herr
>Birdman of Sacramento
>http://www.wildlightphoto.com
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