Date: 12/28/25 5:18 pm From: Lisa Larson via groups.io <lisafaylarson...> Subject: Re: [pen-bird] Juvenile Great Egrets or Cattle Egrets?
I suspect it is an immature Little Blue Heron.
Lisa
On Sun, Dec 28, 2025, 5:04 PM Naomi Goodman via groups.io <nlgoodman=
<hotmail.com...> wrote:
> This afternoon at 2:30 PM there was a Great Egret and three smaller white
> egrets in the field next to the Pescadero post office. The smaller ones
> were about 3/4 the size of the Great Egret - see picture. All the egrets
> had yellow bills and black or grey-black legs and feet.
>
> To me, the smaller egrets looked similar to the 3 Cattle Egrets that were
> on Water Lane in November, but I can't distinguish Cattle Egrets from
> juvenile Great Egrets. What do you think?
>
> Naomi
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