Help with which bird is it?? (1 Viewer)

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kajoor62

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• Nov 17, 2012

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Hey guys, am new here and joined here since a different kind of bird has landed at my place and is very scared and is unaable to fly so v gota do something.. so before that, i need to know which species the bird is. http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/195/17112012028.jpg/

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/844/17112012031.jpg/

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/690/17112012029.jpg/

any idea which bird this is?? is this the place to ask?? o

 

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ChrisRoughley

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• Nov 17, 2012

• #2

I'm pretty certain that's a Black Bittern.

 

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stonechat1

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• Nov 17, 2012

• #3

kajoor62 said:

[...] is this the place to ask?? o

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Welcome kajoor62, here´s the place to read first:
Sticky: READ THIS BEFORE POSTING: Include Country and Location in title of your Thread
That makes it easier to ID your bird, how should one know where yoo took this photos?

Regards,
Stonechat1

 

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stonechat1

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• Nov 17, 2012

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ChrisRoughley said:

I'm pretty certain that's a Black Bittern.

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Agree, assuming that the image is from India. Don´t know if there are other similar species in the world.

 

chowchilla

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• Nov 18, 2012

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Even if I didn't know where in the world this was taken, there's no mistaking this as anything other than a Black Bittern, a species I have on my garden list.

I might add that you should approach this bird with care. If it decides to defend itself, it will most likely aim for your eye with its bill. Be very careful.

 

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Simon Wates

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• Nov 18, 2012

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chowchilla said:

I might add that you should approach this bird with care. If it decides to defend itself, it will most likely aim for your eye with its bill. Be very careful.

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Good advice indeed..they lunge at lightning speed!

If you need to put into a box for transportation its a good idea to throw a sheet or other cloth over it to facilitate picking the beautiful beast up.