what kind of bird

by alice ware
(corpus christi ,texas, US)

big bird

big bird

Saw this bird in a tree in my yard. Can you

tell me what kind it is? It makes a very loud
noise.


Comment
Great shot! Is the sound a loud whistle? Possibly a migrating Upland Sandpiper.

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Sep 27, 2010
 Yellow-crowned Night Heron
by: Susan

Gigi, you may well be right. The juvenile Yellow-Crowned Night Heron looks like this bird.



Juvenile Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Sep 27, 2010
 bird?
by: gigi

yes it does have features
of a heron but does not
seem to have the same beak!!!!!
I was looking in one of my books
and it looks like a
Yellow Crowned Night Heron
Check it out and let me know
if that's what it is????
Sep 27, 2010
 WHAT KIND OF BIRD
by: ALICE WARE

doesn't look like the gray herons we have on the
beach. he makes a loud screeching sound. i have
never seen a bird like this around here or in any
zoo.
Sep 27, 2010
 hi
by: jill

It looks like a Grey Heron.

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