Cx flyboy From Hong Kong, joined Dec 1999, 6337 posts, RR: 56 Reply 5, posted (11 years 5 months 4 weeks 7 hours ago) and read 1679 times:
I do believe that this is a fine sample of a Lesser-Spotted Crested Cockatoo of the Southern Patagonian Highlands, a species thought to have become extinct many millions of years ago.
Travellin'man From United States of America, joined May 2001, 530 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (11 years 5 months 4 weeks 5 hours ago) and read 1630 times:
I concur with Lymanm. It definitely looks like a Great Blue Heron.
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RoyalDutch From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 917 posts, RR: 3 Reply 12, posted (11 years 5 months 4 weeks 3 hours ago) and read 1581 times:
I think I'd agree that it looks like a heron of some sort...probably at a weird angle, too...anybody have good image enhancing software?
Cricri From France, joined Oct 1999, 581 posts, RR: 7 Reply 15, posted (11 years 5 months 4 weeks 1 hour ago) and read 1530 times:
There should be a rule against Birds chasing planes...
Let's start a Plane Protection Comitee
Those long legs remind me of the grey heron we have in Europe, so maybe it's blue over there (Too much JetA1 breathed? )
MxCtrlr From United States of America, joined Nov 2001, 2485 posts, RR: 40 Reply 17, posted (11 years 5 months 4 weeks 1 hour ago) and read 1495 times:
It looks like a bird we have here in Central Florida - A Sand Hill Crane.
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MxCtrlr From United States of America, joined Nov 2001, 2485 posts, RR: 40 Reply 18, posted (11 years 5 months 4 weeks 1 hour ago) and read 1491 times:
Either it's a Great Blue Heron, a Sand Hill Crane, or its the SIA Golden Swan that got blasted off the vertical fin by intertia from a hard landing!
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Bluejet From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 397 posts, RR: 4 Reply 23, posted (11 years 5 months 3 weeks 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 1347 times:
it is definatly a heron, maybe an egret im only familiar with american birds not asian...but its a grade pic...
Ahlfors From Canada, joined Oct 2000, 1318 posts, RR: 5 Reply 24, posted (11 years 5 months 3 weeks 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 1336 times:
I don't know if they have any in the vicinity of Changi, but my first impression was that it is a bat.
Thomas
25 MIAspotter: Aghhhh!! thats my secret experiment i wanted to do a mix of a komodo dragon and an eagle and it flew away from its cage in my lab! Andy please if you
27 GARUDAROD: I would say its a Bird of Prey flying towards the tail with either a dog or a rabbit in its talons...
28 Dfleet7: it is definitely a type of heron. herons are one of the only types of birds that bend their necks in such a fashion when they fly. also, their wing sp
29 AerLingus: It's obvious that it's a heron. It's neck is bent like a pipe!
31 Andyhunt: Guys, Love all of the answers. Actually, when I look very closely what I think has happened here is that you have a bird chasing ( or flying ) in the
34 Sdate747: its a Blue_Heron-400ER ... its still in test flights, so keep an eye open - it's coming to a city near you soon. On second thought, keep your eyes cov
35 Airplanetire: Maybe it's a heron or a pelican (do those live in Singapore). Possibly a vulture too (do those live in Singapore). That's pretty funny though! I bet i
36 Growly150: its for sure a heron or egret of sorts, i'd bet my life on it, its legs are trailing behind, and its head is retracted creating the crooked neck appea
37 Rj777: It's colonel mustard on the runway with a feather duster!
38 Penguinflies: Heavymetal.. is it an African Swallow or a European Swallow? Though ain't a European Swallow non-migratory?
39 KHI747: For some reason i thought SQ did not have the B773's ......just the B772's. What routes do the SQ B777-300 fly on?
40 Hkgspotter1: Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.....and I've seen s
42 Schreiner: It's a Heron allright... But nice pic! It's now on my desktop!
43 CHRISBA777ER: Its a duck, (or a goose) flying in the opposite direction of the plane, the legs are behind to the right, and the head, is moving sharply upwards when
44 Rj777: What gate did the bird (not the 777) go to? :D
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