Great White Heron in the Don River

[jenny]

Cycling on the Don Valley Trail today, I saw this white bird that looks like a Heron! I have looked up and there are Great White Herons. Have they been sited in Toronto?

[MikeN]

Looks like a Great Egret from the picture

[jenny]

Hi Mike:

You are probably correct, but in my original picture, the legs...as much as you can see...look white not black.
Have White Herons been seen in the Toronto area?

[Pat Hodgson]

Have White Herons been seen in the Toronto area?

No.  The "great white heron" is a special colour morph of great blue heron that normally only occurs in south Florida.  There have been some vagrant records up the east coast.