FreeLists / bristol-birds / [Bristol-Birds] Re: Little Blue Heron

["Don Carrier" <donc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

First recorded sighting at Quarry bog on 7/14/06 at 7:08 PM.Confirmed by
John and his wife on 7/20/06 at around 6:30 PM.

This is not the same bird from my previous guess. I have both birds in one
photograph, so I am sure they are not the same bird. The second (yet
unconfirmed) is much larger.





Don Carrier
Bristol, Tennessee

www.birdsgonewild.org

  -----Original Message-----
  From: bristol-birds-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bristol-birds-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Wallace Coffey
  Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 3:20 AM
  To: Bristol-Birds
  Subject: [Bristol-Birds] Re: Little Blue Heron


  Don Carrier and others,

  To the best of my knowledge, the Little Blue Heron is a new species for
Shady Valley, TN.   Published bird observations for Shady date back to about
1912.  More systematic accounts, with specific dates and lists, extend to
1934.

  Is this the same bird you reported from Orchard bog on July 13 and guessed
it might be a Great Egret ?

  You didn't mention in Saturday's post where in Shady you saw it.  Do you
have the first date you saw the Little Blue Heron ?  What date did Johns
Shumate see it ?

  I would appreciate the details because this is an important addition to
the check-list of birds for Shady Valley.

  Let's go birding.....

  Wallace Coffey
  Bristol, TN
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Don Carrier
    To: Bristol-Birds
    Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2006 9:09 PM
    Subject: [Bristol-Birds] Little Blue Heron


    In Shady Valley there is an immature little blue heron. I have observed
and photographed the bird many times in the last week. ID confirmed by John
Shumate.

    Does anyone else have a record for Shady Valley?

    Don Carrier
    Bristol, Tennessee
    www.birdsgonewild.org