1890 
Florida, 
Suwanee River. 
Mar 20-Apr 1,1890. 
The commonest and most widely distributed specied, as well as 
the tamest. They are strictly diurnal in habit, and during the 
day scatter along the entire course of tne^river>i and its connect¬ 
ing creeks. About half an hour before sunset each day, a regular 
flight began and continued until a short time after sunset, the 
birds going down stream in flocks of from five or six to 50 or 75 
evening,of March 
come in anajp* down into the grass 
guish this island in any way from 
no thi o^di s t i n- 
similar one-$ but it was 
or s ix 
individuals each, flying in a compact body like Waders, and usual¬ 
ly about on a level with the tops of the trees. We found that 
this flight had for an objective point a small, treeless island, 
covered with marsh-grass, near the mouth of the river. Here on 
the eveningMarch 30th, we saw fully five hundred of these birds 
,Thera, was 
in any way from 
evident from the signs which we found there that the birds had 
made it their ror sting-place for a long time. There were a few of 
the large Aigrets among them and probably some Snowy Herons also 
but we did not get sufficiently near the flock to distinguish 
these from the young of the Little Blue Heron. ThJa flight of this 
species is swifter than that of any other Heron of my acquaint¬ 
ance, and the long^ pointed wing moved in quick, firm sweeps 
give it a distinct^appearance when—rm t fr f^ yfeing. It perches freely 
on trees, but, like the 
scanty foliage, such as 
§reen Heron , prefers 
the bald cypress. 
dach as are dead,or 
ry 
