Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
Above and below: Adult Little Blue Herons at West Ocean City Pond (7/15/2007).
Below three: Little Blue Herons in eclipse plumage at West Ocean City Pond, Worcester Co., Maryland (7/15/2007).
Below: This one just caught a Bullfrog tadpole.
Below: Photographed in Southern Florida in February 2005.
Below: An immature Little Blue Heron in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/23/2011). Note the dusky wingtips, especially in the second image - sometimes a handy field mark.
Below: Immature Little Blue Heron at Swan Creek, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland - perhaps the most reliable location on the western shore for this species (5/7/2011).
Below: An immature Little Blue Heron in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/23/2011). Note the dusky wingtips, especially in the second image - sometimes a handy field mark.