waterfowl

[serenissima]

Este tarde, estoy aburrido. Por eso ahora estoy escritando de pajaros.

I went to the park briefly today and watched waterbirds. There are ducks and geese, of course, but there are also two other birds which I'm not sure what they are. One is big, about the same size as a goose or maybe a little smaller, but much taller. It has long legs, a long neck like a swan, and a long pointy bill. Its feathers are all grey and it has pale eyes. I think it's a crane, or maybe a stork.

The other is smaller than a goose but, I think, bigger than a duck. It's white underneath, with grey wings and a blue-black back. There's also black on top of its head, and it has two white, stringy plumes dangling backward from the top of its head. It seemed to have red eyes, and its legs are yellow with unwebbed feet. It has a pointy bill, too, but shorter than the big grey bird, and its neck is short. My guess is a heron.

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[rhynyx.livejournal.com]

http://www.nature.nps.gov/wv/heron.gif
Heron! The first one sounded to me like a heron. We have a Great Blue living in our backyard pond (suburban Maryland). Preety birds. Loooong legs.

[copperwolf.livejournal.com]

Yes, that looks like the bird in the park, except the bird in the picture has markings on its head that I didn't notice on the bird in the park.

So if that's a heron, I wonder what the smaller one is?

[rhynyx.livejournal.com]

You could probably check out a bird identification book from your local library. Or, if you're serious enough about it, do like my Mom did for her backyard and go out and buy a book. But the library's much cheaper. ;) Other than that, I've got no idea.