what is it?! (1 Viewer)

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eleggua

New member

• Aug 23, 2019

• #1

Can anyone id this bird, please?

It was approximately 16" tall. Seen in San Francisco, walking on the ground.
Took off and landed on a nearby fence when approached trying for a better photo.

 

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eleggua

New member

• Aug 23, 2019

• #2

Looked like some sort of auk but no matches among auklets, murrelets or murres.

Apologies for the somewhat blurry photo; best shot available.

 

PYRTLE

Old Berkshire Boy

• Aug 23, 2019

• #3

Night Heron for me.

 

Andrew Whitehouse

Professor of Listening

Supporter

• Aug 23, 2019

• #4

Welcome to BirdForum. Your bird is a Black-crowned Night Heron.

Can I just check, is this a bird that you couldn't identify and wanted help with? If so, you should start a thread in the Bird ID Forum:
https://www.birdforum.net/forumdisplay.php?f=114
The Quiz forum is for when you already know the identity of the bird and want to test others.

 

Nutcracker

Stop Brexit!

• Aug 23, 2019

• #5

Ditto to Black-crowned Night Heron :t:

 

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eleggua

New member

• Aug 24, 2019

• #6

Thanks all. It looked most like that but the short beak and white legs were odd.
Trying for better photos tonight; it was hanging around a parking lot, a couple of miles from the bay.

Thanks, Andrew. I did post to the wrong forum. Thanks for the direction.