{"id":16393,"date":"2022-12-24T05:20:10","date_gmt":"2022-12-24T10:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=16393"},"modified":"2022-12-24T05:21:29","modified_gmt":"2022-12-24T10:21:29","slug":"bare-throated-tiger-heron-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=16393","title":{"rendered":"Bare-throated Tiger Heron"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-1 wp-block-gallery columns-2\"><ul data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psnp.info\\\/p4td_\\\/?p=16393\"}' class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/dsc05468-1024x909.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-attachment-id=\"16391\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?attachment_id=16391\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/dsc05468.jpg?fit=2000%2C1775&amp;ssl=1\" 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data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/dsc05501.jpg?fit=300%2C284&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/dsc05501.jpg?fit=904%2C857&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"904\" height=\"857\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/dsc05501.jpg?resize=904%2C857&#038;ssl=1\" data-id=\"16392\" class=\"wp-image-16392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/dsc05501.jpg?resize=1024%2C971&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/dsc05501.jpg?resize=300%2C284&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/dsc05501.jpg?resize=768%2C728&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/dsc05501.jpg?resize=904%2C857&amp;ssl=1 904w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/dsc05501.jpg?w=1467&amp;ssl=1 1467w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Bare-throated Tiger Heron: Rincon River Bridge, Rincon, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica \u2014 The Rincon River Bridge in Rincon, just a mile or so from the Bay, is famous for one bird: The Yellow-billed Cotinga which can often be seen in flight, and rarely perched, there early in the morning. This is a very hard bird to see elsewhere, and I suspect that most birders who have seen it, have seen it right there on the bridge, just at sunup. We went. We saw it\u2026though we did not get a look at a perched bird\u2026but while we were there we had some fun with Herons and other birds as the sun finally burned off the morning mist. This is a Bare-throated Tiger Heron. I looked it up\u2026or tried to\u2026and there are 6 species of Tiger Herons. The name, apparently, comes from the striping in the plumage and the overall rufous coloration. They used to be Tiger Bitterns. I long ago stopped looking for logic in bird names. \ud83d\ude42 This one looked particularly ruddy in the morning sun. I am not sure what was going on in the second shot with the ruff of feathers around the throat\u2026this is not behavior I have seen in Herons before. It might have been a trick of the wind\u2026but I had the impression that the ruff was intentional and part of the hunting posture??? If anyone know different, please chime in in the comments. \ud83d\ude42 Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. 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