Makes California's LBBs all the browner.

Sorry no source other than finding it on fb as "Chris Brittain's photo" posted
near Nairobi, Kenya.

I learned the term when I and a couple of friends went with a group of birders to the Carizo Plains to catch the Sandhill cranes coming in to feed.

We, in my VW van, followed a long line of cars along a dirt road in the middle of nowhere. Every so often the line would screech to a halt, people would pile out and slap binoculars to their eyes, as did we. All we saw were little brown birds.

We were rewarded with the cranes at dusk, though. Quite a sight!

I've never gotten a photo of a crane, but my favorite heron photo
I've shot was when I went out to walk from our hotel in Copenhagen to see
The Little Mermaid statue in the harbor. Across the street from our hotel was this park


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And on that little bank--about center in the photo under the building-- was this guy

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Serendipity!

Birds are so amazing. I am blessed to have lots of big birds around here, some are hard to get a good picture because they are so "flighty".

Got this one though, I have lots of pics of this guy...

and I agree, such graceful lines. We have Trumpeter swans here, which what this guy is, he was a young adult waiting for a mate to come along. He was hanging out along a two mile stretch of river for months. One day I was watching and taking pictures of him and he had a duck-buddy, they hung around and dipped and dove together for quite some time. I like to watch animal behavior, I find it as interesting as the appearance of the animals.

Happy Holidays to you!