Dottie and I went to a rookery not too far from our house today. I captured this image of what appears to be a Tri-colored Heron crossed with a Snowy Egret. The blue color on the bill is definitely Tri colored during breeding, also the white plume off the head. Yet the predominate color of the bird is white to greyish white with a smattering of grey spots. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.
Nikon D7000
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 250mm (375mm FFE)
1/2000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering -1 EV ISO 320 AWB
Post processed in Lightroom 6 and Photoshop Elements 10
Cropped for composition and presentation
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
Here is another hybrid that I captured at Circle B Bar Reserve that appears to be Snowy Egret/ Tri-colored Heron Cross, with the predominance being Snowy Egret. Them birds have been messing around....
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
Tri-colored Heron hybrid
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