Tricolored Heron

London, Ontario - June 7, 2023

A Tricolored Heron was found at Thames River yesterday.  This bird is found south-east US, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean and north South America.  I've seen this bird in Florida many years ago so it's not a lifer for me.  But it's a Middlesex County lifer!  A very small delicate heron with a colour of beautiful slaty-blue with a white belly.  A Great Blue Heron flew in and the Great Blue looked huge compared to the Tricolored Heron.  A very nice bird!