wgeoff 7/05/2010 16:09
Malayan Night Heron sub-adult
Graham Talbot found and digiscoped (!!) this rather wet-looking sub-adult [i]gorsachius[/i] Night Heron shortly after the rain stopped on Po Toi early this morning (Friday 7th). I saw it about 30 minutes later.
[img]http://www.geoffwelch46.com/MNHERON00.jpg[/img]
We presume it is Malayan although its overall brownish colour is very different to the grey-brown of last year's sub-adult bird, see this photo of last year's bird for comparison
[img]http://www.geoffwelch46.com/MNHERON91.jpg[/img]
Can anyone explain the difference?
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kmatthew 7/05/2010 17:24
Perhaps its just at a different stage of moulting or plumage to the previous bird?? I was looking through OBC and found this one, this one is very brownish in colour too.:
[url]http://orientalbirdimages.org/search.php?p=17&action=searchresult&Bird_ID=1096&Bird_Family_ID=&pagesize=1[/url]