I drove up to the Lake today hoping to find some shorebirds on the Ottawa
auto tour.  All I found was a truly miserable slog through the rain.  I
finished off the afternoon at Magee Marsh where I found a Cattle Egret on
the way out.  It was foraging in the grass along the road where it runs
between the two canals north of the visitors center.  It was a small,
all-white heron, with a sort of a butch-cut head, a disproportionately thick
bill and a strong jaw line.  The neck was short and thick.  The legs thick
and black.  There were no buffy plumes anywhere on the bird.  I have photos
which I will post tomorrow.

Bottom line: shoulda gone to East Fork.

Cheers,

Bob


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Robert D Powell
Congress Farm Research Institute
Wilmington, OH, USA
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Nulla dies sine aves

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