CLOSED: Juvi Herons question

Rockport, TX(Zone 9a)

Bad pictures on all, but would like your best guess. I think this one #1 is a Yellow-crowned Night Heron. What do you think?

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Rockport, TX(Zone 9a)

#2 here strikes me as a Black-crowned Night Heron, but I'm just guessing.

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Rockport, TX(Zone 9a)

#3 and my last one has me baffled. Body shape like a Little Blue but it was brown.

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Northumberland, United Kingdom(Zone 9a)

#1 yes, juv. Yellow-crowned Night Heron

#2 probably Black-crowned but not definite

#3 I'm thinking probably juvenile dark-morph Reddish Egret - can you crop the pic and re-post, so the bird is larger?

Resin

Rockport, TX(Zone 9a)

Yes, here is #3 super-cropped and I have few more pics I could share.

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Rockport, TX(Zone 9a)

Here's another view of #3

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Northumberland, United Kingdom(Zone 9a)

Yep, that's a juv. dark-morph Reddish Egret; wrong leg and bill (as well as body!) colour for Little Blue

Resin

Rockport, TX(Zone 9a)

Thanks! That's another new one for my list. I should go to the beach more often!

Northumberland, United Kingdom(Zone 9a)

Yep! Reddish Egrets are more of a coastal bird than other herons, which mostly prefer freshwater.

Resin

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