Is This A Green Heron ?

At a local duck pond today and ran across this guy . He just would not move much . Took several images and some video footage of him and even with the video he didn't move much . local people said he hung out quite often there and was quite friendly posing often for pictures .

Im not bird expert. But i think that is black crowned night heron

Cliff

Yes, definitely a black crowned night heron.

I think the name for the green heron is wrong, it should be red or rust throated Heron, as they are rarely ever "green" (most often more of a slate gray that has bluish tints, but they do swing green. Might be diet?) ..and the red throat is a very clear distinguishing feature.

Oregun wrote in post #15970804
Im not bird expert. But i think that is black crowned night heron

Cliff

Thanks ! I believe your right , from web searching I find it is .

Agree with the IDs, nice shot of the BCNH

CyberDyneSystems wrote in post #15970852
Yes, definitely a black crowned night heron.

I think the name for the green heron is wrong, it should be red or rust throated Heron, as they are rarely ever "green" (most often more of a slate gray that has bluish tints, but they do swing green. Might be diet?) ..and the red throat is a very clear distinguishing feature.

I searched the web for the Black-crowned Night-Heron and find that to be true , Thanks !

http://www.allaboutbir​ds.org …ck-crowned_Night-Heron/id

jodelak wrote in post #15970884
Agree with the IDs, nice shot of the BCNH

Thanks jodelak , Appreciate the comment !

CyberDyneSystems wrote in post #15970852
I think the name for the green heron is wrong, it should be red or rust throated Heron, as they are rarely ever "green" (most often more of a slate gray that has bluish tints, but they do swing green. Might be diet?) ..and the red throat is a very clear distinguishing feature.

It's all in how the light hits them....

http://www.3rdicreatio​ns.com …01863/h6d6139c4​#h6d6139c4

CyberDyneSystems wrote in post #15970852
Yes, definitely a black crowned night heron.

I think the name for the green heron is wrong, it should be red or rust throated Heron, as they are rarely ever "green" (most often more of a slate gray that has bluish tints, but they do swing green. Might be diet?) ..and the red throat is a very clear distinguishing feature.

The green shows most during breeding plumage. Otherwise it's hard to find any.

Bird names often don't make much sense. One of my favorites is the Ring-necked Duck. It does have a barely visible brown neck ring. It also has a very visible bill ring. Why not Ring-billed Duck? Sometimes I think Audubon and his buds were eating wild mushrooms on those excursions.

Duane N wrote in post #15971287
It's all in how the light hits them....

http://www.3rdicreatio​ns.com …01863/h6d6139c4​#h6d6139c4

I can't get your link to work .

Nice capture of the Black-crowned Night Heron Ron. I hope you've been doing well, it's been a while.

Jake, this is a good representation of how the Green Heron earned its name. I don't often see them with this much color, but every now and then I will.
http://i3.photobucket.​com …graphy/greenest​green2.jpg

Indeed, I have seen them look very green as well. But it was many years and many birds before I ever saw one in person that looked green enough for that to be what I'd name it!

Nighthound wrote in post #15971758
Nice capture of the Black-crowned Night Heron Ron. I hope you've been doing well, it's been a while.

Jake, this is a good representation of how the Green Heron earned its name. I don't often see them with this much color, but every now and then I will.
http://i3.photobucket.​com …graphy/greenest​green2.jpg

Thanks Steve ! Been doing well , just staying busy . I did a video on this BCNH and have uploaded to Vimeo and it should be ready for viewing within an hour I hope ! Will post a link when it's ready .