CLOSED: Great Blue Heron.....Gender ID?

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FruitOfTheVine Blue Ridge Mtns, VA(Zone 7a) Jun 21, 2009

Just out of curiosity, I'd like to know if this is a Male or Female Great Blue Heron.

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FruitOfTheVine Blue Ridge Mtns, VA(Zone 7a) Jun 21, 2009

Another view...

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FruitOfTheVine Blue Ridge Mtns, VA(Zone 7a) Jun 21, 2009

In flight...

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FruitOfTheVine Blue Ridge Mtns, VA(Zone 7a) Jun 21, 2009

And another in flight...

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Resin Northumberland, United Kingdom(Zone 9a) Jun 21, 2009

No visible sex differences. It is an adult though, rather than an immature (immatures have a duller, greyer head with no white on the crown, and none of those plumes on the back).

Resin

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FruitOfTheVine Blue Ridge Mtns, VA(Zone 7a) Jun 21, 2009

Thank you, Resin.


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