tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10267465.post8137398777150180434..comments2024-03-11T05:51:02.785-04:00Comments on Frogma: Black-Crowned Night Heron under the Belt Parkway, Jamaica Baybonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04794351142636136626noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10267465.post-27993540236826647212010-06-30T13:40:39.444-04:002010-06-30T13:40:39.444-04:00ps - Nope, I don't think names get much Dutch-...ps - Nope, I don't think names get much Dutch-er than Paerdegat. Although if my friend Will begs to differ, I would concede the point without protest.bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794351142636136626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10267465.post-77822577340246344472010-06-30T10:23:06.402-04:002010-06-30T10:23:06.402-04:00Pandabonium, I don't remember those, but I did...Pandabonium, I don't remember those, but I didn't do a lot of birdwatching when I was a kid. I'm afraid that the wading birds I mainly recall seeing were the cattle egrets at the <a href="http://honoluludailyphoto.blogspot.com/2007/07/sumida-farm.html" rel="nofollow">Sumida watercress farm</a> - a wonderful anomaly in the middle of a mall complex at the foot of the mountains where I grew up.bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794351142636136626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10267465.post-84565875321462796722010-06-30T10:06:56.168-04:002010-06-30T10:06:56.168-04:00Yes, Dutch names, due to the settlers.Yes, Dutch names, due to the settlers.Baydoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00751866865203182109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10267465.post-54328108413174686952010-06-30T04:19:52.388-04:002010-06-30T04:19:52.388-04:00dutch?dutch?willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09986975575027439474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10267465.post-62858801161019527862010-06-30T01:36:21.553-04:002010-06-30T01:36:21.553-04:00Nice pic. We have some beautiful Grey Herons here...Nice pic. We have some beautiful Grey Herons here. Do you remember seeing Aku'u in Hawaii? I think I asked you that a long time ago. Anyway, same bird as in your pic, indigenous to the Islands. I loved watching them.Pandaboniumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352197350806179930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10267465.post-44804764620733998652010-06-29T23:54:00.235-04:002010-06-29T23:54:00.235-04:00ignore the ewignore the ewBaydoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00751866865203182109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10267465.post-53375744479024553152010-06-29T23:53:02.646-04:002010-06-29T23:53:02.646-04:00A picture of a Black-Crowned Night Heron is worth ...A picture of a Black-Crowned Night Heron is worth a thousand birds.<br /><br />It's so Dutch around there, isn't it?ewBaydoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00751866865203182109noreply@blogger.com