Little Blue Heron
“The uniform deep blue gray coloring led me to identify the bird as a Little Blue Heron, another bird that has become a summer right of passage for me to see.”
Through the year
Columns that mention it, by the month they were published.
Year by year
Columns that mention it each year.
In his words
All 6 passages, oldest first.
On July 29 along the same stretch of road I stumbled upon another uncommon migrant, the Little Blue Heron.
Upon closer inspection this purplish maroon wader was a Little Blue Heron.
Two other white herons can be found this time of year, the Great Egret, which is much larger and longer and juvenile Little Blue Herons, which are very slender mostly white birds with a pale blue gray bill.
Additionally, on the morning of August 10 along the Sawyer Road stretch of the Spurwink River I noted five Great Egrets, seven Snowy Egrets and one Little Blue Heron.
On May 23 along the Sawyer Road section of the Spurwink Marsh I found a single Little Blue Heron amidst Glossy Ibis, three Snowy Egrets and a Great Egret.
The uniform deep blue gray coloring led me to identify the bird as a Little Blue Heron, another bird that has become a summer right of passage for me to see.