From: Michael Healy (mjhealy@kcnet.com)
Date: 11/07/02-12:12:14 AM Z
Shannon, I have some news for you. Great blue herons are not dimorphous.
**Possibly** during a brief stretch when they are mating, if you are an
ornithologist, you may **perhaps** distinguish the sexes. For the rest of
us, it is impossible to say with even a small degree of certainty whether
any GBH is a "she". Calling that bird a "she" was strictly your own personal
prejudice. There is absolutely no scientific basis for this, though. Nor
merit, for that matter. Mike Healy
At 7:25 AM -0800 11/6/02, Shannon Stoney wrote:
>One time I had my camera set up down by my creek, and just as I
>tripped the shutter, a huge blue heron flew through the picture!
>
>But, she flew so fast that there was no image of the bird on the negative.
>
>--shannon
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