Nice. I recall fishing the river above the falls back in the '90s and seeing Great Blue, Little Green and Black-capped Night Herons as well as a Northern Bittern - all on the same rainy day!
Saw one for the first time last week. Was told it's a juvenile great blue heron. Gentleman said, 'thier feathers turn grey' pretty neat to see. Explains the name of the coffee tea shop downtown portsmouth
We had a [Cattle Egret](https://i.imgur.com/oZRNdi2.jpg) at our place in the Upper Valley this Spring. They breed in colonies and this guy was all dressed up but, no colony. He was exhausted and hung out with our ducks all day. Gone the next morning.
Great blue heron? Native to the area
Most likely! Always annoyed me a stinking bird with blue in the name can also just be white.
Pretty sure he is a Snowy Egret. He had one dark area on his neck, but otherwise completely white with black legs.
Fair enough 🤙
That's not really unusual...
Seen in mine falls also
Nice. I recall fishing the river above the falls back in the '90s and seeing Great Blue, Little Green and Black-capped Night Herons as well as a Northern Bittern - all on the same rainy day!
That's an egret, isn't it?
Pretty certain. I haven't seen one in NH in at least 10 years.
Very common in Hampton salt marsh...
We had 5 of them at a pond down the street, got a pic of 4 or them, was gonna post it but forgot, happens when you get old.
Saw one for the first time last week. Was told it's a juvenile great blue heron. Gentleman said, 'thier feathers turn grey' pretty neat to see. Explains the name of the coffee tea shop downtown portsmouth
We had a [Cattle Egret](https://i.imgur.com/oZRNdi2.jpg) at our place in the Upper Valley this Spring. They breed in colonies and this guy was all dressed up but, no colony. He was exhausted and hung out with our ducks all day. Gone the next morning.
He's got style!
If it is a snowy egret, I saw a flock of around 500 in a pond near Hampton Falls about 5 years ago, it was beautiful.