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Another Great Blue Heron
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jmcquown
2022-05-01 16:32:43 UTC
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This time, I think it's a female because it doesn't have a feathered
plume on its head. I hope they are coming around to eat the snakes.
Snakes eat songbirds. It's only fitting a bigger bird should eat the
snakes. :)

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Jill
jmcquown
2022-05-01 17:05:59 UTC
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Post by jmcquown
This time, I think it's a female because it doesn't have a feathered
plume on its head.  I hope they are coming around to eat the snakes.
Snakes eat songbirds.  It's only fitting a bigger bird should eat the
snakes. :)
https://i.postimg.cc/B6jkhVs9/heron-may122.jpg
Jill
I think I got that backwards. Is it the female which has the feathered
plumeage?

Jill
Leon Fisk
2022-05-01 17:22:37 UTC
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On Sun, 1 May 2022 13:05:59 -0400
Post by jmcquown
Post by jmcquown
This time, I think it's a female because it doesn't have a feathered
plume on its head.  I hope they are coming around to eat the snakes.
Snakes eat songbirds.  It's only fitting a bigger bird should eat the
snakes. :)
https://i.postimg.cc/B6jkhVs9/heron-may122.jpg
Jill
I think I got that backwards. Is it the female which has the feathered
plumeage?
Hi Jill,

Seems they are very much alike and hard to distinguish between
male/female:

"They exhibit a minor degree of sexual dimorphism; with males slightly
larger than females, but otherwise the sexes are not easily outwardly
distinguishable..."

Nice picture. Looks like it's trying to blend in, as in "you don't see
me here" :)
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Leon Fisk
Grand Rapids MI
jmcquown
2022-05-01 18:41:06 UTC
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Post by Leon Fisk
On Sun, 1 May 2022 13:05:59 -0400
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Post by jmcquown
This time, I think it's a female because it doesn't have a feathered
plume on its head.  I hope they are coming around to eat the snakes.
Snakes eat songbirds.  It's only fitting a bigger bird should eat the
snakes. :)
https://i.postimg.cc/B6jkhVs9/heron-may122.jpg
Jill
I think I got that backwards. Is it the female which has the feathered
plumeage?
Hi Jill,
Seems they are very much alike and hard to distinguish between
"They exhibit a minor degree of sexual dimorphism; with males slightly
larger than females, but otherwise the sexes are not easily outwardly
distinguishable..."
Nice picture. Looks like it's trying to blend in, as in "you don't see
me here" :)
Yeah, it kind of looked like it was trying to hide but they are so darn
big they can't really do it. :)

Jill
super70s
2022-05-05 20:33:52 UTC
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Post by Leon Fisk
On Sun, 1 May 2022 13:05:59 -0400
Post by jmcquown
Post by jmcquown
This time, I think it's a female because it doesn't have a feathered
plume on its head.  I hope they are coming around to eat the snakes.
Snakes eat songbirds.  It's only fitting a bigger bird should eat the
snakes. :)
https://i.postimg.cc/B6jkhVs9/heron-may122.jpg
Jill
I think I got that backwards. Is it the female which has the feathered
plumeage?
Hi Jill,
Seems they are very much alike and hard to distinguish between
"They exhibit a minor degree of sexual dimorphism; with males slightly
larger than females, but otherwise the sexes are not easily outwardly
distinguishable..."
Nice picture. Looks like it's trying to blend in, as in "you don't see
me here" :)
Yeah, it kind of looked like it was trying to hide but they are so darn
big they can't really do it. :)
Jill
Is there a river bank close to you, that's the only place I've spotted
these around here.
jmcquown
2022-05-05 21:19:33 UTC
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Post by Leon Fisk
On Sun, 1 May 2022 13:05:59 -0400
Post by jmcquown
Post by jmcquown
This time, I think it's a female because it doesn't have a feathered
plume on its head.  I hope they are coming around to eat the snakes.
Snakes eat songbirds.  It's only fitting a bigger bird should eat the
snakes. :)
https://i.postimg.cc/B6jkhVs9/heron-may122.jpg
Jill
I think I got that backwards. Is it the female which has the feathered
plumeage?
Hi Jill,
Seems they are very much alike and hard to distinguish between
"They exhibit a minor degree of sexual dimorphism; with males slightly
larger than females, but otherwise the sexes are not easily outwardly
distinguishable..."
Nice picture. Looks like it's trying to blend in, as in "you don't see
me here" :)
Yeah, it kind of looked like it was trying to hide but they are so darn
big they can't really do it. :)
Jill
Is there a river bank close to you, that's the only place I've spotted
these around here.
I live on an island in coastal South Carolina. :) My neighborhood is in
the middle of it, though, not near the water.

Jill

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