I reside in Bushkill Township with my husband, four children and a badly behaved cockapoo.
What is this at Nazareth Boro-Park?
My son and I saw this bird at the Nazareth Boro-Park on Wednesday. Is it a crane? Is it a heron? It was all by itself at the creek.
Silke Burry
12:48 pm on Monday, August 20, 2012
I believe it's an Egret.
Therese Sterner Wescott
12:55 pm on Monday, August 20, 2012
I think it is either a Snowy Egret or Great White Heron.
Carol Free
1:08 pm on Monday, August 20, 2012
Egret
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1:09 pm on Monday, August 20, 2012
An Egret is a type of Heron, so you were kind of right thinking it was a Heron, Debra...
Mallory Vough
1:22 pm on Monday, August 20, 2012
Ya'll are so helpful!
Are these birds common in the area? I'm not sure I've ever seen one before, so I'd probably have the same reaction as Deb, "What is this at Nazareth Boro-Park?"
Heather Depew
9:09 am on Tuesday, August 21, 2012
They are not supposed to be common in the area. But with strange weather patterns brings different birds.
Steve Ski
1:28 pm on Monday, August 20, 2012
It's an Egret. The Schoeneck creek runs through my yard and I have seen him many times. Allso have a wild Malard family and just yesterday I had a wild turkey stop by! We have 3 pekin ducks as pets and they seem to attract all sorts of friends to the yard! People think I live deep in the woods when I post all these pics on facebook, but I live right in town by the 7-eleven!
Cynthia
3:45 pm on Monday, August 20, 2012
It is a Great Egret, not a Snowy Egret. Snowy Egrets are smaller. It is a form of heron. There is a white phase of Great Blue Heron, but only in the Florida Keys.
James Walter
8:56 pm on Friday, August 31, 2012
They are becoming more and more popular in the area, usually stealing the fish out of backyard fish ponds like my parents!
Debra Walter
8:17 pm on Monday, September 3, 2012
Found out today that it is definitely a Great Egret. My father-in-law looked at my photo and a reference book of birds. The Snowy Egret has a black bill and the Great Egret has a yellow bill. He matched the body as well, so we are now fairly certain it is a Great Egret. Speaking of birds, at Lake Wallenpaupeck earlier this summer I saw one pure white goose with a flock of Canada Geese. The Canada Geese appeared to be protecting him or her. I was in Stratford Ontario last week and the swans were so big that from a distance I thought they might be ride-on toy boats for kids. There was one black swan,too. I had never seen a black swan before.