I saw a large grey, long-legged bird with a long, dun-colored beak... What kind of bird is it?

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Perhaps its most striking feature was a narrow, black stripe that started from its eye and went straight back perhaps three inches or so. Other than that, it appeared to be varying shades of grey with no distinguishable pattern. Can you help me identify it and perhaps even link me to a picture?

Pelican? Crane? Heron? Something else?

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http://www.schmoker.org/BirdPics/GBHE.html

Julie D. · Answer

http://fineartamerica.com/images-medium/great-blue-heron-jack-cushman.jpg
It was probably the Great Blue Heron.  Unfortunately, we have this *big bird* visiting out large Koi pond on a regular basis.  It's a beautiful bird, but NOT good when it has dinner from our pond.  (We are SE lower Michigan)

Erika · Answer

Penguins 'fly' for the period of the water. different birds nevertheless use their wings for stability, and a few have enable them to atropy to close to no longer something. 'Use it or lose it'. in addition they exhibit that evolution interior the path of larger complexity would not extremely artwork. THAT demands the form of nudge that basically clever layout could make. Random mutations reason the lack of ability of function.

Anonymous · Answer

Great Blue Heron?  Please see the link.

Yes, location and habitat type is very important for ID requests.

Anonymous · Answer

give us some more info, specifically the shape of the beak and the region in which you live.

KTDykes · Answer

Saying roughly where you are would be a good move.

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I saw a large grey, long-legged bird with a long, dun-colored beak... What kind of bird is it?

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