Little Blue Herons are small slate-grey-blue birds with blue and black beaks. Sometimes.

They can be quite confusing to identify. When they are very young, they are completely white.

Then for a while they are the easiest to identify, because they begin to turn blue:

I've watched people confuse them with Cattle Egrets, Snowy Egrets, Great Egrets, and even a Reddish Egret, which is a little bit similar but has red on its beak and a redder neck than these little blues do even in mating season.

This little blue has a much redder neck, and has just caught some creature from beneath all that duckweed. I'm not sure what creature it caught; even blown up to full size it's too dark and fuzzy to be sure. It could be a dragonfly larvae.

Until I find some little blues that are more willing to pose, have a look at some of the other birds I've found.