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Richard Cressman <[log in to unmask]>
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I wrote to David Sibley about the Great Egret I saw at the Scioto Audubon
MP in Columbus. Here is his response.

--------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Sibley <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:33:04 -0400
Subject: Re: Great Egret question
Richard,

Thanks for your note. I learned about this variation after my guide was
published. It's one of those things that I just started seeing routinely
as soon as it was too late to add it to the book. It seems to be a
normal variation of _breeding_ Great Egrets, so it can be seen from
January to June or so, on a small percentage of adult birds.

Best,
David Sibley


[log in to unmask] wrote:
> Hello,
> I recently came across what turned out to be a Great Egret with a bill
> other than the bright yellow-orange. Since it was standing in water and
> in a resting position, it seemed to me to be a Snowy Egret. In your
Guide
> (4th printing) all stages of the Great Egret have the yellow bills with
> very little other coloring. After searching the web, I did find other
> birds which had the darker bills (and the long stringy plumes, which
the
> one I observed also had hanging from it.).
>
> Here are some of the photos I was able to find. The bird I observed had
a
> bill similar to one in the last photo, but with a little less orange.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2rmmqs
>  http://tinyurl.com/38fmno
>  http://tinyurl.com/37mumb
>
> Would these be just variants? Or maybe non-breeding adults?
>
>
> Richard Cressman
> Columbus OH
> [log in to unmask]
>
>

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