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Richprins

Post subject: Re: Heron, Grey

Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 5:45 pm

Nice pics, everyone!

This individual "skiing" on Kanniedood dam 1 Oct.

If you look closely you can see it calmly fishing while it is busy! :shock:

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Rusty Justy

Post subject: Re: Heron, Grey

Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 2:01 pm

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What an interesting Video RP, :clap:

I've seen them before on the backs of hippos, staying on while the hippo moves around occasionally........... but never actually fishing in this way!!! :clap:

Well Captured!!!

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Yolandé Oelsen

Post subject: Re: Heron, Grey

Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 3:06 pm

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Nice sighting RP :thumbs_up:

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Crested Barbet

Post subject: Re: Heron, Grey

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 10:04 am

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Enjoy your meal! Successful grey heron in KNP!

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Rusty Justy

Post subject: Re: Heron, Grey

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 12:45 pm

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Good timing, well captured! :thumbs_up:

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oddesy

Post subject: Re: Heron, Grey

Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 6:04 pm

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Took these photos a few days ago in a north west park as we took shelter in a hide with the wind howling :lol:

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Rusty Justy

Post subject: Re: Heron, Grey

Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 8:44 pm

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Very Impressive stuff!! :thumbs_up:

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Mike1916

Post subject: Re: Heron, Grey

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 6:12 am

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Hmmm Pentax wins again :slap:

Great Photo's oddesy

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Rusty Justy

Post subject: Re: Heron, Grey

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 6:34 am

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What camera are you using Mike?

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Mike1916

Post subject: Re: Heron, Grey

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 6:35 am

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Canon 400D with

a 75-300 IS USM lens

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Rusty Justy

Post subject: Re: Heron, Grey

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 7:40 am

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and that sad face?! :lol:

whats Oddesy using?!

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Mike1916

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Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:02 pm

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Pentax K200D and Tamron 70-300mm

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francoisd

Post subject: Re: Heron, Grey

Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 4:03 pm

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I saw this Grey Heron at a birding spot near Cape Town on 27 January 2010.
It is a ringed bird with a RED ring on the right leg and a GREY (or metal) ring on the left leg.

I subsequently received information about this bird from Doug Harebottle which state that this particular bird was ringed as a chick at Rondevlei in 2003 which makes it 6+ years old.

I did a search and it seems the longevity of the Grey Heron may exceeds up to 25 years of age although the BTO infosheet on Grey Heron states that the typical lifespan of these birds are 5 years.

Euring (The European Union for Bird Ringing) has a record of a Grey Heron (Ring no: 73617) that was 35yrs 1mths old when it was shot. BTO (British Trust for Ornithology) has a record of a Grey Heron (Ring no: 1090038) that was ringed as a nestlling that was 23yrs 9mths 2days old when it was found dead.

I also forwarded the sighting info to the people at SAFRING

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arks

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Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 5:25 pm

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Fascinating stuff, francois!! Quite interesting to learn about a bird as an individual — and that some of these herons have such very long lives

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Johan van Rensburg

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Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 7:57 am

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The Grey Heron forms a superspecies with the Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) of North America and the Cocoi or White-necked Heron (Ardea cocoi) of South America, all being very similar. They are species that diverged from one another in isolation and have remained largely or entirely geographically separated. Taxonomists group such closely related species with no overlapping distributions into a superspecies.

Superspecies are especially interesting because they represent a "snapshot" of the process of speciation – evolution caught in the act!

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