The bird reported by Michael Ryan on August 16th at Sherman Creek https://ebird.org/checklist/S117027088
was a Snowy Egret, not a Little Blue Heron. The checklist includes several photos of the bird, which has yellow lores, a trait not found in any plumage of Little Blue Heron. The legs and feet are mostly green, consistent with hatch-year birds of both species at this time of year. Deb Allen -----Original Message----- From: Tom Fiore <tom...@earthlink.net> Sent: Aug 17, 2022 6:56 AM To: <NYSBirds-L@cornell.edu> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Little Blue Heron, Manhattan NYC - Tues., 8/16 Fairly early (but, a couple of hours past day-break) on Tuesday, August 16th, a Little Blue Heron (non-adult plumage) was found at Sherman Creek (next to Swindler Cove Park) just north of the eastern terminus of Dyckman St., in northern Manhattan (in N.Y. City) - thanks to M. Ryan for photo-documenting the rare-in-the-county heron. As many New York state (& some New England) birders know, Little Blues have made a lot of visits to inland, and occasionally far-inland, &/or also odd-spots, in the summer months, perhaps increasingly so. Still a very uncommon find in N.Y. County and, if seen at all, generally to be ‘expected’ in summer, with mid-July a possible-peak period, but a few have been earlier than that, & also later-season than now. Also, on Tuesday, other observers coming to the same site later on were not re-finding the Little Blue, although it is possible it may still be in the vicinity. Good diversity was otherwise again noted, from any number of areas of the same county for Tuesday bird findings. A female-plumaged Blue-winged Teal was reported again, from “The Pool” in Central Park on Tuesday, 8/16, in the p.m. hours. Peaceful birding to all, Tom Fiore [N.Y. City] -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
