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Green Heron Butorides striatus  | May 15, 2007 | 
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The green heron is a small heron with an extremely long neck.
 
Oops.  I thought it had a long neck . . .
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Ah!  That's much better.
 
The green heron is a small heron with a great big whopper of a neck.
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So how does the green heron hide its neck when it isn't in use?
 
In terms of "small," following is a comparison shot between a green heron and a great blue heron.
  
 Okay. The above wasn't the sharpest photo I've ever taken, but trying to get birds to cooperate is always a challenge. I've a few better great blue heron photos here. Photo note: I used a Pentax *ist D, with the SMC 1000mm reflex lens (for the first two photos) and the SMC 400-600mm reflex zoom (for the third photo).  | ||