Subject: [Tweeters] Re: [inland-NW-birders]snowy or little blue? re
Date: Sep 6 12:35:23 2006
From: Charles Swift - chaetura at gmail.com


There are plenty of images of imm. Little Blue Heron on the web - here is a
link to Google Images search for same:

http://images.google.com/images?q=little+blue+heron&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&start=18&sa=N&ndsp=18

On just a quick look at some of these Little Blues for comparison, the
Ridgefield bird looks ok to me for a Snowy.


On 9/6/06, Bob Flores <rflores at nctv.com> wrote:
>
> OK had to put in my two cents. I have looked at the Sullivan photos and
> those from Wilson Cady (very telling) and this bird shows many more little
> blue than snowy. Snowy's are a elegant slender looking bird. This bird is
> not, it does show that bulky look of the little blue. The photos from Cady
> also gives one a clear view of the bill and it is definitely not a snowy
> bill, it's bulk suggest the little blue. I also, as someone else posted,
> just returned from the east coast and had been photographing herons and
> egrets on Merritt Island NWR, Florida. Unfortunately I have NO imm little
> blue herons. Having lived in Florida for years I feel I do have some
> experience with the looks of both species.
>
> That is my take. Good Birding
>
> Bob Flores
> Othello, WA
>



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Charles Swift
Moscow, ID
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