This bird is very rare to the west coast, in fact, so rare that I have only seen this bird in a small swamp. (It could have been a Tricolored Heron.) I did not get a photo of it. The Little Blue Heron I saw had a downy blue head with pinkish-red neck and body feathers.

The Little Blue Heron will hybridize with Snowy Egret and Cattle Egrets.