I've noticed that the majority of little blue herons reported to ebird this summer have been submitted as immatures. Are these herons really immatures, or are they really juvenile birds? There is one ebird Ohio report of an immature male little blue heron. How was the gender determined for this heron? Possibly some of us need to be more accurate about age classification in birds. Good birding, John Herman ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]