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["Sylvia Anglin" <sang905@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, TN birders.
Yesterday i used my afternoon break to walk around the block (near Baptist 
Hospital here in downtown Nashville). I was surprised to see a large dark 
heron-ish bird flying purposefully from east to west over the city, fairly high 
up.  But i don't know what it was!

In central New York (from where i just relocated) i saw lots and lots and lots 
of Great Blue Herons.  This bird, from my view of it against the bright sky, 
was the same deep blue of a Great Blue, but it was somewhat smaller and didn't 
have as long a wingspan or the swooping wingbeats.  I also didn't see the long 
legs carried behind.

As it was practically midday when i saw it, i guess i can rule out 
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron.  Right???

My best guess would be Little Blue Heron.  According to Sibley, the legs are 
lighter-colored, so they might not have been easy to see.  But the maps tell me 
it's unlikely to have been a Little Blue!  Arrgg.

What do you all think?

Keep looking up!
Sylvia Anglin
Nashville TN
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