This bird is from Barbados where Snowy are more common than Little Egret, but you can find Little egret just about any day of the year if you put in the work. This one has the neck plumes of an adult little in breeding plumage but has some yellow on the lores. This looks less orange-yellow than lores on the snowys usually do here, however, I usually see the LiEg with bluish lores. Is this within variation for a little or is it a hybrid? Is it possibly a bird getting into high breeding where LiEg does change lore color?
thanks
Niels
thanks
Niels