Identification please?

[Callalily]

Could someone please tell me what type of bird this is? I am so poor at bird identification. Photo was taken on Cayman Brac if that helps.

Thanks so much!

[Xipe Totec]

1. Possibly a tri-colored heron

https://andrewmclachlan.wordpress.com/tag/herons/

[Callalily]

2. Ahhhh...yes, looks similar.

Thanks!

[littlemissmartypants]

8. Really beautiful. ♡ lmsp

[mnhtnbb]

3. It might be a Tricolored heron

Hard to tell without seeing the underside of the wings

http://www.world-birds.com/birds/v/tricolored-heron

[Callalily]

13. Thank you for the link.

I'll check it out.

[mnhtnbb]

4. haha. while looking for photos someone else came to the same conclusion!

[HopeAgain]

5. My first thought is Anihinga

Not an expert though.

[Motley13]

6. anhinga photos

http://photobucket.com/images/anhinga

[littlemissmartypants]

7. Cross posted to Birders.

♡ lmsp

[Callalily]

12. Thanks for the suggestion!

Didn't realize there was a birder forum here.

[littlemissmartypants]

14. ♡

[littlemissmartypants]

9. I'm leaning Heron.

Where was this taken? When? If we knew the migration patterns of large birds we could possibly reverse engineer the answer... for example, estuaries are interesting.

First impression, heron.

♡lmsp

[shenmue]

10. Lovely

[Callalily]

11. Thank you!

He (she?) is a little out of focus, but I like the photo anyway!