Hi Kevin I believe Donna Kuhn discovered this bird on June 24. But knowing it tends to be a bit skulking, I bet it could well have been there (undetected) for quite a while before any birders managed to find it...it's probable you did indeed have this bird on June 15, in my humble opinion. Good birding, Chris --- Chris Lotz www.birdingecotours.com <http://www.birdingecotours.com/> – see the Swarovski binocular giveaway on our home page <https://www.facebook.com/pages/Birding-Ecotours/186476854747995> cid:image005.png@01CD7B9D.C8E4EB60 <http://twitter.com/#!/BirdingEcotours> cid:image006.png@01CD7B9D.C8E4EB60 <mailto:[log in to unmask]> cid:image007.png@01CD7B9D.C8E4EB60 US cell phone: +1-614-969-8925 (Eastern Time) Cell phone for text messages when outside of North America (I travel a lot!): +27 72 635 1501 Dublin, Ohio, USA See http://birdingecotours.com/contact/ for office contacts in South Africa, the UK and Peru --- -----Original Message----- From: Ohio birds [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kevin Myers Sent: 30 June 2018 11:28 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [Ohio-birds] Franklin County - Little Blue Heron - Question Referring to the following message, does anyone know how long the immature Little Blue Heron has been at Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park? I believe I saw it on Friday, June 15th, but was hoping someone could confirm that it's been around that long. Thanks, Kevin On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 4:16 PM, Brian < <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]> wrote: > An immature Little Blue Heron has been seen since this morning at > Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park in Columbus, most recently at 4:08pm. > It's been in the reeds on the western edge of the large body of water > on the Teal Trail. It is being viewed from near the large wetlands > educational sign, "straight out from sign, tucked back under tallest > shrubs on west side of pond" per Leslie Sours. This is probably the same bird seen on 6/24. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Please consider joining our Society, at <http://www.ohiobirds.org/site/> www.ohiobirds.org/site/ > membership.php. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] > ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at <http://www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php> www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]