Bird ID

[Cabin Fever]

This bird just showed up on my deck and I've never seen a bird like this before!? It's walking all over the patio table and chairs! I loaned someone my bird ID book. Any idea?

 

[turkeyfeathers]

 immature green heron me thinks

[Robhuntandfish]

I think he thinks your glass table is a pond.  Lol

[mowin]

Baby great blue?

[Cabin Fever]

  On 8/8/2021 at 4:37 PM, turkeyfeathers said:

 immature green heron me thinks

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I just looked it up and I think you nailed it Jay! My first thought was WTF is that!?!?! My second thought was, Is that one of those elusive northeastern roadrunners??? LOL

Thanks!

Edited August 8, 2021 by Cabin Fever

[Cabin Fever]

  On 8/8/2021 at 4:38 PM, Robhuntandfish said:

I think he thinks your glass table is a pond.  Lol

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That's what I was thinking! LOL It kept pecking at the table or at it's own reflection! It's just laying down on the table now chillin'! 

[Cabin Fever]

Looks like momma just showed up! She's been eye balling the hot tub! NOT COOL!!

[mowin]

  On 8/8/2021 at 5:09 PM, Cabin Fever said:

Looks like momma just showed up! She's been eye balling the hot tub! NOT COOL!!

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Be a nice guy and put some frogs in the hot tub for them, lol

[turkeyfeathers]

  On 8/8/2021 at 5:15 PM, mowin said:

Be a nice guy and put some frogs in the hot tub for them, lol

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I truly lol'd at this

[G-Man]

Green heron is correct.. looking for a nice easy koi pond thought your rippled glass table.was it.. 

[Cabin Fever]

Now that I know what they are, I've been kind of intrigued by the critter and doing some reading. Sounds like they're usual habitat is marshes, rivers, and pretty much around water. I'm in an ag area with no water, that I know of, anywhere around me. Since they left my patio table, they've been perched in a tree next to my deck preening themselves and just hanging out for the past 5hrs! 

[Northcountryman]

  On 8/8/2021 at 4:37 PM, turkeyfeathers said:

 immature green heron me thinks

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Nice job !!

[escpen]

We’ve had a nesting pair living in our scotch pines behind our house for 2 years now. They had 4 chicks this year. No marshes or swamps within 5 miles of my home … only farm ponds. Cool birds!


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