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	BiRDZiLLA: Little Blue Heron
		The little blue herons, with a few fl-crowned night herons, and green herons, had established a little rookery in the willow and other bushes around the edges of an open pond, overgrown with wampee lilies (Pontederia cordata).
		The little blue herons' nests were from 3 to 8 feet above the water in the small willows on the borders of the pond or in solitary trees in the open.
		Behavior: The flight of the little blue heron is light, graceful, and strong; it is performed in the usual heron attitude, with the head drawn in upon the shoulders and the legs extended in the rear; the wing strokes are quicker than in the larger herons.
	www.birdzilla.com /pages/bow/little_blue/little_blue.htm (3649 words)

	IFWIS - Little blue heron
		Little blue herons seem to prefer freshwater and are found in lakes ponds, marshes, sloughs, marshy shores of streams & coastal estuaries 01,02,04,05.
		Little blue herons arrive on breeding grounds in Arkansas in mid- March 06.
		Little blue herons, like most other herons, are disrupted by human activity and disturbance during the nesting season is a critical factor 17.
	www.inhs.uiuc.edu /chf/pub/ifwis/birds/little-blue-heron.html (2073 words)

	NatureWorks - Little Blue Heron (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The little blue heron is a small heron.
		Young little blue herons are white and have blue bills with a fl tip and dull green legs.
		The little blue heron often follows farmers as they are plowing fields and then grabs the insects that are disturbed by the plow.
	www.nhptv.org /natureworks/littleblueheron.htm (365 words)

	Species Name
		The little blue heron attains a height of 22 inches, with a wingspan of 41 inches.
		Like the great blue heron (Ardea herodias), the little blue heron tends to form monospecific breeding colonies that are often located at the fringes of a mixed heron colony.
		The tricolored heron was estimated to expend 1.5 times as much energy as the little blue heron in feeding, while the snowy egret expended approximately 2 times as much energy as the little blue heron.
	www.sms.si.edu /irlspec/Egretta_caerul.htm (1097 words)

	Little Blue Heron Species Account - Florida Breeding Bird Atlas
		Although the Little Blue Heron is closely related to the Snowy Egret, it lacks most of the highly adorning aigrettes that caused the other waders to be much sought after by millinery hunters a century ago.
		Little Blue Herons often feed alone, walking along the edges of canals, streams, rivers, and lakes, or on the top of floating vegetation.
		Because of its dark plumage and tendency to nest in small, isolated colonies, the Little Blue Heron is not as reliably censused as the white-plumaged waders, especially during aerial surveys.
	myfwc.com /bba/LBHE.htm (489 words)

	Little Blue Heron - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Little Blue Heron's breeding habitat is sub-tropical swamps.
		Breeding adult birds have blue-grey plumage except for the head and neck, which are purplish and have long blue filamentous plumes.
		Non-breeding adults have dark blue head and neck plumage and paler legs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Little_Blue_Heron (317 words)

	Little Blue Heron (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Immature Little Blue Herons are white, but have the same bill and leg color.
		Older immatures are streaked with blue grey (in the late summer and fall).
		Little Blue Herons are about 20-25 inches tall with a wing span of about three feet.
	www.wakullacounty.org /wakulla-14.htm (140 words)

	Lee Richardson Zoo
		Little Blue Herons are medium-sized wading birds with a long beak, neck, and legs.
		Their body is slaty blue with maroon on the head and neck.
		Their beak is pale blue with a fl tip, and appears slightly curved.
	www.garden-city.org /zoo/animalinfo/Birds/little_blue_heron.htm (368 words)

	Little Blue Heron
		This bird was also more of a dark blue-gray color, while the larger Great Blue Herons are a combination of white, gray, and a brighter blue.
		I saw the next heron at the Brigantine wildlife preserve in New Jersey on July 29th, 2006.
		The light blue at the base of the bill was very obvious.
	monroe.20m.com /littleblueheron.htm (160 words)

	Nearctica - Natural History - Birds of Eastern North America - Ardeidae -Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
		The same comments apply to the immature of the Little Blue Heron and the white form of the Reddish Egret.
		Breeding Range (see map below): The Little Blue Heron is resident along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the southeastern United States from New Jersey in the north to southeastern Texas in the west.
		Habitat: The Little Blue Heron is found in freshwater marshes and in thickets, and lagoons along the coast.
	www.nearctica.com /birds/herons/Ecaerul.htm (290 words)

	Little Blue Heron
		The body and wing feathers are a dark, steely blue, with a patch of dark, reddish-purple feathers on the back of the head and upper part of the neck.
		Interpretive Statement: The Little Blue Heron is a solitary, wading, fish-eating bird that prefers to forage in shallow water in flat, muddy-bottom marshes.
		It is also possible that Little Blue Herons forage in places where they can avoid competing with larger wading, fish eating birds like the Great Egret and the Great Blue Heron.
	artemis.austincollege.edu /acad/bio/sgoldsmith/skg_ebe/little_blue_heron.html (1389 words)

	Little Blue Heron Picture Gallery; Bird Photography with Digital Cameras (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The two-foot tall Little Blue Heron is a master at disguises.
		Overall dark blue (sometimes grayish) with a purplish neck as an adult, it is all white as a juvenile bird, a mottling mixed white to dark blue during adolescence; and has a special breeding look that features a bright blue bill with a fl tip and reddish-blue neck.
		The little blue heron is often found at the water's edge looking for small fish but can be found in the tall grass looking for insects and frogs.
	www.staynplay.net /florida-wildlife/little-blue-heron.htm (239 words)

	All About Birds
		A smallish heron of the southeastern United States, the Little Blue Heron breeds in various freshwater and estuarine habitats.
		It is the only heron species in which first-year birds and adults show dramatically different coloration: first-year birds are pure white, while adults are blue.
		Another advantage of white plumage is that young Little Blue Herons are more readily able to integrate into mixed-species flocks of white herons, thus gaining a measure of protection against predators.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Little_Blue_Heron_dtl.html (576 words)

	Little Blue Heron Houston County Texas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Little Blue Heron has a juvenile stage which is white, and I think that is what this is.
		"The immature little blue heron causes the most confusion in identification, for it is entirely white.
		Not until the spring after its hatching year does the little blue heron begin to acquire dark adult plumage...
	www.ruf.rice.edu /~pwd/txbirdlittleblueheron2.html (147 words)

	Salt Grass Flats - Little Blue Heron
		A small heron that appears uniformly dark at a distance with slender, slightly down-curved bill, which is blue, tipped with fl.
		Immature: Unique among all herons in being snow white in immature plumage with a tinge of blue in primaries.
		Little Blue Herons prance about daintily and actively with wings spread, herding fish.
	www.saltgrassflats.com /birds/little_blue_heron.html (280 words)

	Little Blue Heron
		Adult: Slaty blue with dark maroon neck (flish at distance); legs dark.
		Nest: A platform of sticks in tree in swamp or in bush on island and in a colony.
		Eating: This particular heron had caught a medium size frog and was attempting to swallow it.
	pages.sbcglobal.net /whbauer/lbh.htm (112 words)

	Little blue heron (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		This picture above of a blue heron at its nest, was made in Suriname by Foek Chin Joe in 2005.
		The little blue heron (egret) breeds in colonies along the Surinamese coast.
		It is one of the most common herons in Suriname and it can be found along the muddy coast, in lagoons, along rivers, in ricefields and more wet places.
	webserv.nhl.nl /~ribot/english/flca_ng.htm (243 words)

	Birds of the St. Johns - Little Blue Heron
		The Little Blue hunts in mixed groups of birds or alone, but not in a flock of his own kind.
		Groups of Little Blues nest in the tops of low trees to avoid alligators and snakes.
		This Blue Heron is a more intense, iridescent shade of blue than is normally seen - usually they are the more subdued blue and brown colors.
	www.marshbunny.com /mbunny/wildlife/birds/lb_heron.html (157 words)

	Little Blue Heron (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Little Blues live in North, South and Central America and the Caribbean
		Juvenile Little Blues have all white feathers with a gray beak and greenish-yellow legs.
		It is the male Little Blue Heron that builds the nest.
	www.pelicanman.org /html/Wading_Birds_Little_Blue_Heron.htm (82 words)

	Little Blue Heron (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		On a 1999 trip to the Everglades National Park in Florida I watched many little blue herons.
		After a careful compensation for the refraction of the water, the heron will plunge after its prey in the blink of an eye.
		This painting is a portrait of a little blue in full breeding plumage.
	home.comcast.net /~bohanart/lbh.html (115 words)

	Little Blue Heron (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The back, wings and belly are slate blue in color; while the head and neck are rusty maroon.
		Nesting Habitat: Little Blue Herons nest in mixed-species colonies on estuarine islands, barrier islands and in swamp forests.
		Little Blue Herons construct platform nests of plant stems and twigs.
	www.ncaudubon.org /wb_16.html (246 words)

	Little Blue Heron
		A colony-nesting species that disperses statewide after the breeding season, Little Blue Herons are commonly seen near water.
		Late summer white-plumaged birds are immatures, which develop blotched slate blue and white plumage in their first spring as they molt to adult plumage.
		Movement of colonies is common for this and other heron species because excess birds leave to form new colonies, nest trees die and fall due to guano build up, foraging areas are lost, and sometimes human activities interfere.
	mdc.mo.gov /nathis/birds/birdatlas/maintext/0400131.htm (426 words)

	WWF \| Southeast Rivers and Streams \| Little Blue Heron
		The little blue heron (Egretta caerulea) is a small, dark bird usually found inland near rivers, streams, freshwater swamps, and lagoons.
		Young blue herons are all white and look nothing like the adults.
		Though not facing dramatic population declines, herons do face threats, mostly from the loss of undisturbed wetlands, which they depend on for feeding and breeding.
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildplaces/sers/species/species8.cfm (140 words)

	Little Blue Heron - wildbird.com
		Little Blue Heron: Medium-sized heron with slate-gray body and purple-blue head and neck.
		Juvenile is initially all white, becoming peppered with dark gray as it molts to adult plumage.
		Little Blue Heron: Found along the Atlantic coast from Massachusetts to Florida, but is most abundant along the Gulf of Mexico; also found in the West Indies and along both Mexican coasts south to South America.
	whatbird.wildbird.com /obj/46/_/target.aspx (445 words)

	Great Blue Heron Fact Sheet
		Great blue herons are large birds (6-8 lbs.) with long legs.
		These are the little blue heron, tricolored heron, green heron, fl crowned night heron, and the yellow crowned night heron.
		Great blue herons have a seven foot wingspan and can fly 20-30 mph.
	www.dnr.state.md.us /wildlife/gbheron.html (183 words)

	The Wakodahatchee Wetlands Little Blue Heron (Egretra caerulea) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The immature Little Blue Heron can be distinguished from the similar Snowy Egret by noting the two-toned bill and lack of yellow socks.
		ther Behavior: The Little Blue Heron is a very quiet bird, and is usually seen patiently stalking prey.
		This is a good way to distinguish the immature Little Blue Heron from the similar Snowy and Cattle Egrets.
	www.pbcwater.com /wakodahatchee/Little_Blue_heron.htm (326 words)

	Little Blue Heron Houston County Texas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		"The adult little blue heron is entirely dark slate-blue, with a more reddish purple head in breeding plumage.
		The bill is blue with a darker tip; the legs are bluish green"
		There is an immature little blue heron that is not blue.
	www.ruf.rice.edu /~pwd/txbirdlittleblueheron.html (53 words)

	Little Blue Heron ID Tips
		Adults are similar only to Reddish Egret, which is much larger and bigger-billed, and has a paler reddish neck, shaggier neck, and head plumes and blue-gray legs.
		Immature Snowy Egrets are similar to immature Little Blues but have fl legs with a yellow stripe up the back, yellow feet, and yellow lores, and lack the blue-gray primary tips, and, usually, lack the two-toned bill.
		Adult white morph Reddish Egrets can be similar to immature Little Blues but are much larger, have blue-gray legs, shaggy neck and head plumes and a pink base to the bill.
	www.nenature.com /IDTips/little-blue-heron-idtips.htm (164 words)

	LITTLE BLUE HERON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Field marks include a slaty blue back and under parts, a maroon-brown head and neck (sometimes difficult to see), a bluish bill with a fl tip, and the legs are darker greenish color.
		In flight, it can be confused with the larger Great Blue Heron.
		The wing-beats of this species is much quicker and shallower than the laboring, slow Great Blue Heron.
	eeclaire.com /tgw/BirdList/LittleBlueHeron/LittleBlueHeron.htm (121 words)

	Great Blue Heron (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Great Blues are found in North and Central America and the Caribbean
		The Great White Heron (all white and with a yellow beak) and the Wurdemann’s Heron (similar to the Great Blue but with a white head.
		These birds are mainly found only in the Florida Keys, though a few will stray a little further north.
	www.pelicanman.org /html/Wading_Birds_2_Great_Blue_Heron.htm (101 words)

	Little Blue Heron - Canon Digital Photography Forums
		It's the only mature little blue I've seen, I've seen immatures in Costa Rica, those are almost all white.
		little blue heron (3).jpg (44.0 KB, 27 views)
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	photography-on-the.net /forum/showthread.php?t=117428 (475 words)

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