TRICOLORED HERON GALLERY
(Egretta tricolor)

eBird offers this description of the Tricolored Heron:  Medium-sized heron with slaty-blue back and white belly. Bill is longer than other herons. Adults show yellowish plumes on lower back, purplish neck, and paler throat. Immatures show bright rufous neck and shoulders. Often active as its forages; moving swiftly in the shallows chasing after fish.

Identification of herons has been a challenging and tricky process for this bird watcher, but I am slowly getting the hang of it.  Below is the best photo I have managed.  I spotted this Tricolored Heron on the road to Bailey’s Fish Camp near Bridge City, Texas, early on the morning of April 27, 2020.

Note the long bill on this Tricolored Heron, seen on the Road to Bailey's Fish Camp, August 27, 2020.