Sorry about the mis-ID. I tanked on Final Jeopardy. Correct response: What is a Little Blue Heron.
Fortunately I'm fishing tomorrow and not birding. BOB Whereabouts unknown Begin forwarded message: > From: BOB WASHBURN <[email protected]> > Date: August 20, 2015 at 6:24:15 PM EDT > To: NYSbirds <[email protected]> > Subject: [nysbirds-l] Montezuma NWR -- Juv Snowy Egret (?) > Reply-To: BOB WASHBURN <[email protected]> > > Birding from the Wildlife Drive late this afternoon HJ Kim pointed out a > smaller egret > preening on the grassy area that was once the bottom of the currently drained > main pool. I know there's a lot of overlap between juvenile Snowies and > Little Blues, neither of which should be here. I'm leaning Snowy because the > birds legs were black in front and yellowish in back (the feet were coated in > thick black mud). It's my understanding that any black on the legs is > diagnostic for Snowy, but then again the InterWebs have been known to lie. > Link to pics below. > > BOB WASHBURN > NYC > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ny_bob/shares/06W18C > > > BOB > > Whereabouts unknown > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
