Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)

Above: A Tricolored Heron stalks ninja-like through the laguna-side grasses, South Padre Island, Texas (8/4/2007). Below: Success! It expertly spears one of the laguna's abundant minnows.

Below four: Photographed in southern Florida in February 2005.





Below: A Tricolored Heron enjoys a treetop perch in the Everglades (2/26/2010).

A Tricolored Heron enjoys a treetop perch in the Everglades (2/26/2010). Photo by Bill Hubick.

Below two: An immature Tricolored Heron in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/28/2007).

Below: A juvenile Tricolored at Jug Bay, Prince George's Co., Maryland (7/28/2010). Whether or not this was a bird he originally found, Rob Ostrowski found the first two of at least three on Jug Bay so far this season.

A juvenile Tricolored at Jug Bay, Prince George's Co., Maryland (7/28/2010). Whether or not this was a bird he originally found, Rob Ostrowski found the first two of at least three on Jug Bay so far this season. Photo by Bill Hubick.

Below: A Tricolored Heron at Piney Run Reservoir, Carroll Co., Maryland (8/20/2011). Found by Ron Gutberlet, this is one of Maryland's few records away from the coastal plain 8/20/2011).

A Tricolored Heron at Piney Run Reservoir, Carroll Co., Maryland (8/20/2011). Found by Ron Gutberlet, this is one of Maryland's few records away from the coastal plain 8/20/2011). Photo by Bill Hubick.

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