An air carrier pilot reported a drone on short final.

Attributes
ACN	1664935
Time
Date	201907
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	EWR.Airport
State Reference	NJ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	EMB ERJ 145 ER/LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Narrative:

We were on short final at about 350 feet about one mile from the runway. I saw something at the corner of my eye on the left side of the aircraft. I assumed it was a bird but upon closer look I could see that it was a four bladed drone. I immediately notified the tower. He came back a few moments later and said 'you mean a bird?' I responded with a 'sure a bird'; knowing that a drone would shut down the airspace. The controller then notified the next few aircraft in line to land.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An air carrier pilot reported a drone on short final.

Narrative: We were on short final at about 350 feet about one mile from the runway. I saw something at the corner of my eye on the left side of the aircraft. I assumed it was a bird but upon closer look I could see that it was a four bladed drone. I immediately notified the Tower. He came back a few moments later and said 'You mean a bird?' I responded with a 'sure a bird'; knowing that a drone would shut down the airspace. The controller then notified the next few aircraft in line to land.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.