After a misidentification episode, the bird I filmed on June 25, 2019, at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge turned out to be a tricolored heron (Egretta tricolor). My thanks to Jean Shum and Deb Allen for letting me know that instead of a little blue heron, I had spotted a much rarer bird! (It is uncommon in our area, but does well in the South — it used to be called the Louisiana Heron.)
Tricolored heron, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, June 25, 2019
These birds usually wade in saltmarshes, stalking to find fish. This heron bird was perched over the West Pond, until a mockingbird smacked him off the tree. (By the way, the three colors in the name are: blue-gray, lavender, and white.) I decided not to add music to this Filming the Feathers video, because I found the sound of the wind and other birds more interesting, and there was no talking that needed to be cut out.
