I was puzzled by the color myself at first, since ours are blue-grey and quite
dark, but apparently they range in color from very dark to snow white.
Everything you ever wanted to know, and more:
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Great_Blue_Heron.html
Walt
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-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: AG Schnozz <agschnozz@xxxxxxxxx>
> > The white feathers around the head are distictive for Great
> > Blues. The feather plumes only occur on adults. Other
> > herons might have plumes as well but I don't think you'd be
> > likely to see them in your neck of the woods.
>
> That's interesting. Having grown up in Michigan I saw herons
> quite frequently. Never saw one with white plumage, though.
>
> AG
>
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