Subject: [Herons] Malayan Night Heron sub-adult [Print This Page] Author: wgeoff Time: 7/05/2010 16:09 Subject: Malayan Night Heron sub-adult
Graham Talbot found and digiscoped (!!) this rather wet-looking sub-adult gorsachius Night Heron shortly after the rain stopped on Po Toi early this morning (Friday 7th). I saw it about 30 minutes later.
We presume it is Malayan although its overall brownish colour is very different to the grey-brown of last year's sub-adult bird, see this photo of last year's bird for comparison
Can anyone explain the difference?
[ Last edited by wgeoff at 7/05/2010 16:17 ] Author: kmatthew Time: 7/05/2010 17:24
Perhaps its just at a different stage of moulting or plumage to the previous bird?? I was looking through OBC and found this one, this one is very brownish in colour too.: http://orientalbirdimages.org/se ... _ID=&pagesize=1
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