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Help identify this baby bird
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Posted by grancru (My Page) on Mon, Aug 17, 09 at 20:32
Can anyone help me identify this bird?
http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLanding.action?c=2opfrob2.5yptrbtu&x=0&y=-dd1diw&localeid=en_US
Two babys fell out of the nest. I didn't know if I should interfere or not. Will they survive the night? The nest looks beat up with one baby still in it. Too high to climb and get them back.
Grancru
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RE: Help identify this baby bird
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| Looks like baby herons. I would leave them alone. They leave the nest before they can fly, but the parents are still nearby, feeding them and teaching them how to fend for themselves, etc. |
RE: Help identify this baby bird
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Thank you Cindy. That is exactaly what they are. Unfortunatly they are running around in the street and one was run over by a car today. One is still hiding under a tree but keeps running out into the street to look up into the tree across the street at it's sibling.
I sure hope he survives!! |
RE: Help identify this baby bird
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| Looks like a Green Heron fledgling to me. The posture (neck held high, with bill pointed upwards) is characteristic of an American Bittern as well, but the nest location and crest leads me to think Green Heron. Crazy to see something like this so close to a residential area. |
RE: Help identify this baby bird
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| It strikes the posture of an American bittern and the coloration is correct as well. Since it now has feathers with no down showing, coloration becomes closer to the adult bird. It appears ready to fledge so what you observe may be the fledging of the brood. Unless the parents were killed, they are nearby and keeeping watch. |
RE: Help identify this baby bird
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| I was going to say Bittern or rail... |
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