Egret? Heron?

Is this an immature Little Blue Heron?

Egret, but I'm not sure which one. My eyes aren't great and it looks like his feet and legs are covered in mud and I can't tell if it's bill is black or yellow.

edited to say: It could very well be an immature Little Blue Heron. There are a couple of photo's of juvenile's in Bird Files: http://davesgarden.com/guides/birdfiles/go/494/

edted to add: For comparison, there's a photo of a juvenile Little Blue Heron here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Blue_Heron

and here: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Little_Blue_Heron/id

More images of Little Blue Heron: http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&q=images+of+juvenile+little+blue+heron&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=HLqkTITnBYSClAeSj5WCDA&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CCIQsAQwAA&biw=1280&bih=701

This message was edited Sep 30, 2010 11:51 AM

This message was edited Sep 30, 2010 12:30 PM

This is it's size in comparison to the white Ibis

Agree, Immature Little Blue Heron

Thank you Plantladylin and Burd. I felt that was what it was since I could find no other bird it matched other than Snowy Egret.