Robert Jones Posted May 25, 2010 Report Share Posted May 25, 2010 Anyone into bird's want to take a shot at telling me what kind of bird this is? It landed in our back yard near the creek. Big bird to say the least. Some kind of crane? Click to Enlarge 65.15 KB Click to Enlarge 92.21 KB Click to Enlarge 79.37 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted May 25, 2010 Report Share Posted May 25, 2010 Great Blue Heron OT - OF!!! M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bain Posted May 25, 2010 Report Share Posted May 25, 2010 Looks like a pretty cool backyard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Jones Posted May 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2010 I am not sure the age of that bird but it is huge. We are kinda lucky to have found this place. It is in the heart of Lakewood, but on 2 acres and backs up to a raging(10 months out of the year anyway) creek. It has multiple salmon ladders, but we have yet to see an actual salmon use it. We have yet to see an actual fish to be honest. I have added another picture of our spring time guest this year. There were actually a few of them as I am fairly sure a nest was near by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terence McCann Posted May 25, 2010 Report Share Posted May 25, 2010 The third pic looks like one of our local red-tail hawks. The hawks are predators however when nesting season is here the smaller birds attack them like Messerschmidt's on a B29. King of the skyways - yaa... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted May 25, 2010 Report Share Posted May 25, 2010 Yep. Heron. Not sure on the hawk, my Peterson's guide is at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kibbel Posted May 26, 2010 Report Share Posted May 26, 2010 Blue heron. They ate just under 2 dozen of my fish last year. Cooper's Hawk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtblum Posted May 26, 2010 Report Share Posted May 26, 2010 Cooper's Hawk. Most likely. I had a nest in one of my back yard maples last year. Five chicks fledged in august. I got one hell of an education watching and reading about them. The reason I say most likely is, there is a slightly smaller hawk, the sharp shinned, that has almost identical markings. Cornell University has some great information about the two. I'm bummed they didn't come back and use the nest this year. If that herron sticks around, you've got fish. (for now) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kogel Posted May 26, 2010 Report Share Posted May 26, 2010 Cooper's Hawk. Most likely. I had a nest in one of my back yard maples last year. Five chicks fledged in august. I got one hell of an education watching and reading about them. The reason I say most likely is, there is a slightly smaller hawk, the sharp shinned, that has almost identical markings. Cornell University has some great information about the two. I'm bummed they didn't come back and use the nest this year. If that herron sticks around, you've got fish. (for now) I've seen blue herons go up the smallest creeks, chasing trout maybe. They can actually fly through the bush pretty good for a big prehistoric looking bird. We had one roosting in a tree in our front yard for a few weeks, every night at dusk, maybe while there was a run of herring going by. Another thing I've seen them do, walk along a boomstick, lean forward and snatch a herring out of the water! Yep, if there's fish up your creek, you've got a new buddy! [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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