I'm (STILL) looking for the name and/or author of a short story. It's been
years since I read it and I can only remember key bits-- however as it
was a college course I'm assuming it's probably a fairly well known
author. Here's what I remember:

The story is about a boy taking his fathers shotgun and shooting an
egret or crane or large white bird. I believe it takes place at night
and the shooting takes place in the back yard, or a forest in the back
of the house. The story is mainly about the father finding out about
the boy who I believe disobeyed him in taking the gun.

I would like to place emphasis on the brevity of this
story ... a short story that might have appeared in a collection or
something like the New Yorker.
Thanks.

I can't find anything on the internet that links to it or anything
about it, but I REALLY think that this story is "The Erne from the
Coast" by TO Beachcroft.