
But then I would...
I guess (as you're in the US) that it's a Great Blue Heron?
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Sat 16 Apr 2011, 4:26,
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I guess (as you're in the US) that it's a Great Blue Heron?

Thinking about it, everywhere I've lived there have been herons of one kind or another nearby.
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Sat 16 Apr 2011, 4:31,
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I suspect this is a Night Heron. Both are common in Quebec and probably so in NJ.
Both are a joy to see, especially as rendered above.
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Sat 16 Apr 2011, 6:55,
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Both are a joy to see, especially as rendered above.

They often hunch up: www.tonykeenebirds.co.uk/bbirds/greyheron.html
(check out the first two pictures of a very-similar Grey Heron)
The facial markings aren't so hot for a night-heron. Mofaha, old chap, do you have the original anywhere?
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Sat 16 Apr 2011, 7:15,
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(check out the first two pictures of a very-similar Grey Heron)
The facial markings aren't so hot for a night-heron. Mofaha, old chap, do you have the original anywhere?

*buys airfare*
*flys to US*
*waits all day to see heron-person*
*adds a tick to bird list*
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Sat 16 Apr 2011, 7:41,
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*flys to US*
*waits all day to see heron-person*
*adds a tick to bird list*

I'm barely amateur compared to some of the people I hang out with. I'm still happier with an Ardea heron, though. The bill also looks more like one.
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Sat 16 Apr 2011, 7:42,
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just don't get me started on surfactants!
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Sat 16 Apr 2011, 7:57,
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Well, micelles over migranes, I suppose, but not by much. I've been working on something that is inorganic, but mimics lamellar micelles, among other things that it does:
apl.aip.org/resource/1/applab/v98/i8/p083119_s1?isAuthorized=no
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Sat 16 Apr 2011, 8:03,
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apl.aip.org/resource/1/applab/v98/i8/p083119_s1?isAuthorized=no

They're good chaps over at Basel. We crystal engineered a series of those (actual crystal engineering, not the usual 'we got a pile of vaguely related crap, but we're claiming it as though we designed it that way') and hopefully publishing it soon.
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Sat 16 Apr 2011, 8:50,
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Won't even give me the title to look for another version of it. Youtube sucks donkey balls.
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Sat 16 Apr 2011, 4:47,
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Pedro and I have been exchanging crappy, annoyingly-catchy, mind-invading songs. I thought I had him with this but apparently not.
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Sat 16 Apr 2011, 4:50,
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbkwCICWwUI
I've been singing it on and off for a couple of years now.
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Sat 16 Apr 2011, 5:09,
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I've been singing it on and off for a couple of years now.