ID Help Please

[Mike R.]

Any help with an identification would be appreciated. 

[Connor Cochrane]

I see something that looks like a Night-heron in the foreground. Where is this?

[Avery]

From what I can see my answer would be Yellow-crowned Night Heron, just by posture. But location would help.

[Charlie Spencer]

1 hour ago, Connor Cochrane said:

I see something that looks like a Night-heron in the foreground. Where is this?

Dude!  All I saw were the ducks!  Good eye!!

[Avery]

3 hours ago, Charlie Spencer said:

Dude!  All I saw were the ducks!  Good eye!!

Funny, I didn’t even notice the ducks! ? 

[HamRHead]

43 minutes ago, Avery said:

Funny, I didn’t even notice the ducks! ? 

Is that because they're all Coots?

[Bird Brain]

3 hours ago, Charlie Spencer said:

Dude!  All I saw were the ducks!  Good eye!!

 

33 minutes ago, Avery said:

Funny, I didn’t even notice the ducks! ? 

We tend to see what we want to see, it's called Pareidolia. I know, for I have seen women that were beautiful, because I wanted them to be beautiful. But, alas, the next morning I was shocked to find that they weren't beautiful at all! Actually, that doesn't have anything to do with the subject at hand, just thought I'd throw that in to see if anyone was really reading my posts........?

[HamRHead]

3 minutes ago, Bird Brain said:

 

We tend to see what we want to see, it's called Pareidolia. I know, for I have seen women that were beautiful, because I wanted them to be beautiful. But, alas, the next morning I was shocked to find that they weren't beautiful at all! Actually, that doesn't have anything to do with the subject at hand, just thought I'd throw that in to see if anyone was really reading my posts........?

Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clear to the bone. Actually, that doesn't have anything to do with the subject at hand, I just thought I'd throw it in...

[HamRHead]

I'm not even sure what the subject at hand is anymore. 

[Charlie Spencer]

8 hours ago, Bird Brain said:

We tend to see what we want to see, it's called Pareidolia.

I want to see a Lesser Spotted Pareidolia but I'm outside their range.  We only have the Greater Striped Pareidolia (a.k.a. "Zebra Butts").

Edited November 3, 2020 by Charlie Spencer

[Charlie Spencer]

8 hours ago, HamRHead said:

Is that because they're all Coots?

Heck, I can't even make out that much detail.  For all I can tell, they could be decoys.

[Mike R.]

Sorry about that, the location is the Montezuma Wildlife Refuge located near Seneca Falls NY. 

[HamRHead]

33 minutes ago, Mike R. said:

Sorry about that, the location is the Montezuma Wildlife Refuge located near Seneca Falls NY. 

Thanks. I think there are some ducks and some Coots. But beyond that it's going to be tough to nail down what exactly.

[Katelyn Davis]

4 hours ago, Mike R. said:

Sorry about that, the location is the Montezuma Wildlife Refuge located near Seneca Falls NY. 

Two closest ones look like coots others are probably different ducks and geese. Do you know which pool this was in? I love Montezuma

[Kevin]

Black-crowned Night-Heron. Yellow bill, broad streaking on the neck, and large white spots on the wing, all point to BCNH. Also the over all shape is wrong to YCNH.

On 11/2/2020 at 4:00 PM, Avery said:

From what I can see my answer would be Yellow-crowned Night Heron, just by posture. But location would help.

I strongly discourage using posture to identify Night-Herons, at least from a photo. BCNH can be in normal YCNH postures, and vice versa. When you are there watching the bird that is somewhat different .

Edited November 4, 2020 by Kevin

[Avery]

1 hour ago, Kevin said:

Black-crowned Night-Heron. Yellow bill, broad streaking on the neck, and large white spots on the wing, all point to BCNH. Also the over all shape is wrong to YCNH.

I strongly discourage using posture to identify Night-Herons, at least from a photo. BCNH can be in normal YCNH postures, and vice versa. When you are there watching the bird that is somewhat different .

I agree. I usually use posture in photos as added evidence to an ID. Also, I am usually viewing these pictures on my phone, so with some pictures, like this one, that I need to zoom in to see details, some are lost. For example, I can’t even see the bill in this photo, much less the width of the streaking on the neck. Thank you for correcting me though!