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Tiger Heron


Tiger Heron
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Copyright: Richard Mayneord (richwm) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 143 W: 33 N: 281] (1189)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-07-08
Categories: Nature
Camera: Canon 350 D, Canon 70-300mm IS USM
Exposure: f/6.3, 1/250 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-03-14 5:36
Viewed: 538
Points: 2
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This rather striking bird is called a Tiger Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum) for obvious reasons that its plumage is very similar in pattern to the fur of a tiger. These colours and stripes provide excellent camouflage in the reedy riverbanks where it lives.

The Tiger Heron can be found from Southern Mexico to northern Argentina. This particular photo was taken in the Tambopata Nature Reserve on the Rio Madre de Dios (Mother of God River), in south-eastern Peru. We were on a small, wooden raft looking for Giant Otters when we spotted this bird. We never saw any otters.

Image cropped a little and framed in Photoshop otherwise as taken.

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hi Richard,

you are lucky to catch this moment, my compliments!

thank you for sharing.

regards,
Igor

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