Can anyone tell me what kinda of bird this is?

[Stevepwns]

I shot this while I was in Florida. I went to one of the natural springs and saw a few of these. Thought they were great looking. We dont have birds like this where I live.



Florida Trip-9575 by Jake aka Stevepwns, on Flickr

 

[snowbear]

Tricolored Heron?

Tricolored Heron, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

 

[coastalconn]

Yup, tricolored.. nice shot!

 

[cgipson1]

Yep... Tricolored it is...

 

[Stevepwns]

Yup, tricolored.. nice shot!

Thank you very much.

 

[runnah]

Tricolored Heron.

 

[Stevepwns]

Tricolored Heron?

Tricolored Heron, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Thanks for the link, this will come in handy.