GBH Itch

I know the BG is not ideal (Bit Busy) but I like the pose and light.
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Had I not looked at your title, I may have thought this was our Green Heron with lighter plumage. Love the pose and light here. You have a nice angle and good details. I agree with your own critique about the busy BG.

Hi Dumay, nice looking bird. Agree the BG is a bit busy, but you can achieve this with time, more importantly for me, you have great colour and detail in the plumage. :cheers:

BTW the location for the Goshawk was Samburu, Kenya. ;)

TFS
Steve :cheers:

Very sharp and I like the raised foot. Would like to see a little more of the other foot. The background really does not bother me.

Thanks guys..Wow Steve good to know they occur all the way up there!

Hey mate, good behavioural capture, and I like the angle here. Good DOF, and I like the overall sharpness, detail and colours. The heron is separated nicely from the BG.

Nice image - sharp, with good light and interesting behaviour. The bird stands out well against the background.

Nice sharp detailed image Dumay!

Killer pose, perfect EXP, and razor sharp detail. Though I am not a fan of the BKGR it's the hidden foot that bugs me the most and you cannot do anything about that....

BTW, what's a GBH???

Thanks Guys...Arthur, its an abbreviation for Green Backed Heron

Hi Danny and thanks. I figured that :) Over here they have re-named this bird Green Heron. And to folks in NA GBH = Great Blue Heron. Just for the record. :)

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Originally Posted by Arthur Morris

Hi Danny and thanks. I figured that :) Over here they have re-named this bird Green Heron. And to folks in NA GBH = Great Blue Heron. Just for the record. :)

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This is Striated Heron. Green Heron is Americas only (although there is one in England right now). Nice photo.

I think that we will need to go to the scientific names for these as there is a Striated Heron in the Galapagos and I think that my understanding is that the bird in Africa that looks like our Green Heron is either conspecific or very closely related.

In recent years generally considered three species: Striated Heron Butorides striata mostly resident in South & Central America (including mangrove habitats on Galapagos), Africa and Asia;
Green Heron B. virescens is migratory North America; and Lava Heron B. sundevalli is Galapagos rocky shores endemic.

Lava and Striated are sometimes lumped together and all three have been lumped as one. A confusing situation that may yet change again.

Thanks John. Our guide told us this year that the striated and the lava have been lumped. Just not sure by who :)

In our books here its a Butorides striata as well.