What bird is this?

[mack]

This is at the Central Park Zoo. My daughter wants to do a show and tell of her trip to the zoo and I didn't catch this one's name. TIA.

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r21/mack_049/photo-4.jpg

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r21/mack_049/HNI_0010.jpg

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r21/mack_049/HNI_0007.jpg

[Chefguy]

First one looks like a Great Blue Heron.

[zombywoof]

Definitely not a Great Blue Heron!

[Colibri]

White-necked Crane (http://www.visualphotos.com/photo/1x7933883/White_Necked_CraneGrus_vipioAsia_JHS-DV02857.jpg) Grus vipio (aka White-naped Crane).

It's native to Central Asia and is considered threatened.

[TriPolar]

I figured Colibri would identify it. But even I could tell that was not a Blue Heron.

[mack]

Thanks, Colibri.

[Maserschmidt]

Did anyone else have a Christmas song come to mind when they saw the thread title?

[Smeghead]

Pretty Good Blue Heron?

[drastic_quench]

Did anyone else have a Christmas song come to mind when they saw the thread title?

Hail, hail the Bird Made Flesh,
the Crane the son of Gruidae