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Julie S
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Julie S asked in Science & MathematicsZoology · 1 decade ago

HOLY COW!!! I just saw...?

...a HUGE bird with a really long neck tearing through our yard into the woods. What on Earth could that've been?

Update:

I don't have a bird book so I've been scouring the internet for large birds in Georgia, but I'm not having any luck.

Update 2:

I looked up the Heron and that wasn't it. This bird tore through the yard so fast I couldn't get a decent look at it, but I could tell it was brownish. It definitely wasn't a wild turkey or vulture. It kinda reminded me of a pheasant, but it didn't have any tail that I could tell.

Update 3:

After looking at pictures, I realize it looked quite a bit like a rhea, but they're native only to South America.

Update 4:

I wish I could've gotten a better look at it. According to the pictures I've seen, pheasants and wild turkey hens do have long tails:

http://travel.webshots.com/photo/13311101860540226...

http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_...

I don't remember it's having a long tail, but we all know eyewitness accounts aren't always reliable, so I can't be sure. Since I can't trust my recollection, I guess it's possible it could be a wild turkey hen. Thanks.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Amateurs/civilians are lousy observers=can't tell actual size,exaggerate & haven't a clue what they really saw.

    Neither hen turkeys nor pheasants have much tail.

  • John R
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    I'd put my money on Wild Turkey. I'm not sure why you're so sure that wasn't it - big, fast runner, brownish, very long neck - that just shouts Turkey (or rather "gobbles" it very loudly). For what it's worth, neither Rheas nor Emus (which are sometimes raised in the US) remind me of pheasants in the slightest. No other big, long-necked birds in the US move at anything more than a sedate walk. If they have to move quickly, they fly.

  • Julie D.
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Could it have been a Great Blue Heron? You can Google that to see pictures of them.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    look it up in a book with bird pictures

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