[TN-Bird] Bedford Co Little Blue Heron & a tad more...

Perhaps it is more common in some spots of Tennessee this time of year but it 
was a rare treat for us to have the only Little Blue Heron I have ever seen in 
Bedford Co. We see this often in Florida, etc while traveling...
We were driving down Eady Rd off Hwy 231 and I was telling Roy to be a little 
slower as we passed over the creek (we occasionally get a treat here...) and he 
said, "well, you missed a mallard...wait a minute...." We stopped and backed up 
and in a tree was a little Blue...we could only see its head. It then flew out 
of the tree, landing on the flat rocks that make up the creek. What a 
beauty...that bright light blue bill and spring blues and maroonish head.
Five Bob-o-links, all males, graced the fence along our area where we enjoy the 
baby longhorn calves. The birds were a first for us on our "bird route" to 
school...

A lady that works at my school informed she enjoyed "seein' those blue 
cranes...but I had 4 white cranes teh other day..." I inquired more when I had 
time near some ponds near our school...I asked her if these were comparable to 
those blue cranes/ herons and she said " oh yes, they were big ol birds..." I 
then asked a different way of their size and she was pretty certain they were 
close to the "cranes" size...I am unsure if these were cattle egrets or another 
white egret type......but I was interested, anyhow...either of these would be 
another treat for us in our county and I am going to get more detail on 
where...I didn't quite follow her direction because I was in a hurry.

We heard nighthawks while in Nashville (Davidson Co) this evening...we have had 
them in Coffee Co and Bedford already (perhaps last week??- can't recall).

Melissa Turrentine
Bedford Co TN

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