Thanks for the suggestions! Paul, I don’t think it is a Little Blue - the head and neck were definitely brownish, not blue grey. And Ann, John, I had initially thought “tricolored” but the white was missing and I couldn’t find a bi-colored listed anyplace!
I pulled out another couple books, I tend to mostly refer to Peterson because I like the illustrations therein, but I have others. In the Sibley field guide (Eastern) the sketch of a second year Reddish Egret (dark morph) looks like it is a match. I had considered and rejected the Reddish i.d. because the Peterson guide shows the adult feathers to be quite “shaggy”, but the sleeker appearance of a two-year old seems to be right. Still open to alternative suggestions… Whatever variety of bird he is, he was not at all spooked by nearby people. When I first spotted him on that dock, and in the shots I posted where he is intently watching something below, the activity below was two guys working on loading a boat onto a trailer to haul it out of the water on the ramp adjacent to the dock. stan > On Mar 5, 2017, at 2:49 PM, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > > A bit of research got me to this > https://fsuornithology.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/the-tricolored-heron-more-than-just-a-pretty-face/ > > so -- Juvenile TRi-colored heron looks like the best bet... > > He's very handsome and nice shots of him! > > ann > > On 3/5/2017 2:18 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote: >> Speaking of birds, I believe this is some version of a heron, but am not >> sure. Juvenile? >> >> Taken early February, south end of the Everglades Park road. >> >> Three shots, beginning here: >> >> http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p155717848/h84cd6fd2#h84cd6fd2 >> >> stan > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
