[Leica] PAW 2005-03: Birding along the Kamogawa River (aka Doug Herr, help!)

[douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)]

Ken,
your mail just took me back years ago, as a child we had the "Ladybird 
Book of Common Birds". There was one description that always stuck in my 
mind although this is 45 years ago - "The Black Headed Gull can easily 
be recognised by its red legs and feet".

Books don't change either, we now have a German bird guide which 
describes the size of a Common Thrush as being "Smaller than a Bussard"
but nowhere in the book does it tell you how big a bussard is.
cheers.
Douglas

Kenneth Frazier wrote:

> My daughter is an avid birder, so I looked it up in one of her books.
> Your birds appear to be Great Egrets, distinguished from the
> Intermediate Egrets by their prominent neck kink and larger size.
> 
> Ken