As Jim said, we were able to see the bird well and to confirm that
it's an immature Little Blue Heron (though see note below on the color
of the lores).  The bird flew in, apparently from the northeast part of
the lake, to the beach area at Turtle Lake County Park around 11:15,
and was still there when I left at noon.  It spent most of its time
roosting on nearby docks and boats.  According to a local resident, it
may have been around for much of the summer.<br><br>Notable features:
white overall, dusky tips to the outer primaries, yellow-green legs,
and a stout, bicolored bill.  Note that it appears to have yellowish
lores, which are more typical of Snowy Egret.  If you see this bird,
please take notes and/or photos, so that the possibility of a hybrid x
Snowy Egret can be evaluated.  A few grainy photos are up on the
recently seen section of the MOU website.<br><br>Other birds at the
lake included a few shorebirds on the grassy island, including several
Baird&#39;s Sandpipers, and a few Caspian Terns.  There was also at least
one Great Egret around.<br><br>Good birding,<br><br>Matt Dufort<br>Minneapolis<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 2:40 PM, james otto <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:[log in to unmask]"><a href="/cgi-bin/wa?LOGON=A3%3Dind0908%26L%3DMOU-RBA%26E%3Dquoted-printable%26P%3D73384%26B%3D--000e0cd14efa1720940471e87cf8%26T%3Dtext%252Fhtml%3B%2520charset%3DISO-8859-1%26pending%3D" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a></a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">The interesting wading bird in Ramsey County at Turtle Lake, found by Erik Collins, turns out to be a juvenile Little Blue Heron. Observed today at 11;15 am by the following birders Bill Litkey, Linda Sparling, Conny Brunell, Mark Junghans,  Matt Dufort and myself. Observed from Turtle Lake State Park off of County road 49.<br>

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