Ever seen one of these?

What kind of crane, heron or egret is it? I've never seen one like it before. Sighted it at lake Somerville Texas Saturday August 16th 2008.

Well it's not in my Audubon Handbook of Western Birds..
Egret group had a couple that were close, but definitely not the same.

Nice pic, beautiful bird, don't know what it is though

Nice shot!!

Immature Tricolored Heron.

My first thought was a Reddish Heron, but it is indeed an immature Tricolored:

http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/Infocenter/i1990id.html

Thanks! It is a tricolored heron. Add one to my book!

great shot, birding should be a secondary hobby for all anglers...tricolored for sure, great spot.

Correct! It used to be called the Louisiana Heron - offcials want to get away from place names. The tell-tale is that is has yellow legs, as the reddish egret in dark morph has dark legs. See the Sibley Guide, pages 62 and 62.

Birding is better from a yak!!

Sweet pic!!!

HookLineNsinker,

Beautiful shot, worthy of a professional photographer.
I would like to know what make and model of camera you used and the settings.

Great photo!!!!

That's great photography. Thanks for sharing.

I'm really not much of a photographer but if I take enough shots sometimes I get lucky.. I took at least 24 shots of the heron as he worked the shore 50 feet or so up in front of me..

Canon Powershot S3/si set to Auto and at full zoom (12x).

Beautiful picture.

wow

Cool Pic!

its a cool one

nice shot!!!

Nice, I know alot of pros who would be jeolous of that photo!

Congratulations, but did you catch any fish?
LlindeX

Very nice shot!

Awesome shot!

looks like something Mr. Clean would catch and try to eat. I can see him now trying to suck on that leg........

Gotta get me one of those cameras.

thats really cool lookin

That is a great picture...I'd take it and turn it into a jigsaw puzzle....