Walked out through the marsh on the Eastern Trail this afternoon and before the wooded section there was a bird working the pannes on the right. The bird was too far for me to get a decent photo but I was able to study him for a while through the scope. The bird was about the size of a snowy and had plumes on its head. He had a thick, long black beak with no discernible yellow lores. His legs were black but I never saw his feet as they were below my line of sight. He was hopping and holding his wings very much like a Reddish Egret would do while hunting prey. I have occasionally seen Snowy Egrets practice this same behavior. His coloring was almost all a silvery gray which was like no other bird I've ever seen. He was not an immature Little Blue as the beak, leg color and overall color were wrong. I've studied photos tonight and believe him to be a grayish variety of the Little Egret.
Sally P
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