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Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea

Description:

quite a large bird, faintly grey/blue, I think its a type of heron but not sure, you can see some snow on its wings in the second photo. I'm having a bit of trouble uploading photos, if you can't see something, please let me know.

Habitat:

shallow lake

Notes:

I spotted this bird while walking around Caohai lake, near the town of Weining. The lake provides crucial habitat for many bird species, including the rare Black-necked Crane, which I also spotted there. It was a very cold morning when I went to the lake and it actually lightly snowed! The second photo shows the bird walking on some canoes that are used to explore the lake. I thought the bird was injured because it just kept walking from boat to boat, but then it flew away.

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8 Comments

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 12 years ago

Thanks Mick!

MickGrant
MickGrant 12 years ago

Good shot!

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 12 years ago

Thanks everyone for the ID help.
@Thanks Alice, I was having trouble uploading. Well, I'm only back to Noah, still out traveling for a while longer.

MestreDomingos
MestreDomingos 12 years ago

Ardea cinerea (Garça cinzenta in Portugal)

Ursula
Ursula 12 years ago

It's definatelly a heron ("caplja" in slovenian)! :)

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

So that is where you have been hiding! China! The middle picture is missing!Welcome back.

VincentTeeuwen
VincentTeeuwen 12 years ago

Very common bird in The Netherlands and the rest of W-Europe as well I believe. Definitely this is a Reiger (Dutch for Grey Heron) :)

NicoleB
NicoleB 12 years ago

Looks a bit like our Grey Herons, but not sure what these are called in China.
Great find!

Dan Doucette
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Dan Doucette

贵州省 (Guizhou), Paracel Islands

Spotted on Dec 14, 2011
Submitted on Dec 25, 2011

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