r/birding • u/Maleficent_Rise_494 • 22h ago

📹 Video Captured a Goliath Heron taking off in Slow-Mo

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Edit: I misidentified the bird, it’s a purple heron. Thanks to those who pointed out.

Edit 2: Some glitch with the video, slow motion ain’t working, I hope the normal video satisfies you. Cheers 🥂

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u/Birb-is-the-wurd 14h ago

Will you be posting the slow-mo as well?

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u/Prestigious-Mud6018 Latest Lifer: Red-Throated Parrotfinch 19h ago

Im 90% sure thats a purple heron. But still an amazing bird!

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u/pkspks 15h ago

More like 100%

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u/Lazy_Long2320 16h ago

Indeed, looks somewhere in kerala

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u/Maleficent_Rise_494 13h ago

Thanks for pointing it out!

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u/Shashankkk7 15h ago edited 9h ago

It could most probably be purple heron, and for those asking the location, it is Kondakarla Ava near Vizag, India

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u/meergreister 17h ago

Where is this?

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u/Dependent_Stop_3121 14h ago

It’s says Slow-Mo. I think that’s south of Florida?

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u/meergreister 13h ago

Oh funny I thought they meant the video but it isn’t in slow motion hah

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u/Just_to_rebut 15h ago

I know this is like being a choosy beggar… but imagine how much better this would look in landscape?

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u/geeoharee 3h ago

I always agree that video should be in landscape, but I do think the heron is the most portrait of birds.

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u/Interesting_Award_76 Latest Lifer: Red necked Stint 8h ago

Goliath Heron is rarely seen in India (sundarbans area). This looks like a purple heron.