A pleasant surprise

I have been surprised by seeing a few great blue herons on the river this past week , when they seemed to have disappeared  the previous week. I suspect these are travelers making their way south. This was a surprise found on a different spot on the river than we usually take the kayak out on. Since the river  is way too shallow here in our neck of the woods right now to go out on , we headed to Owego where the channel is deeper , but decided to try the Marshland boat launch instead of the park.Good move! We saw 3 great blue herons , but this one appeared to be way too small for a great blue and on closer inspection it looks like a tricolor. I've never seen one of those around here before! Definitely a southward bound bird stopping for a bite to eat.