I ran through some seriously dark t-storms and widespread minor flooding heading up Rte. 7 around noon. I got to Conneaut harbor about 12:30 PM. I was hoping for interesting shorebirds; immediately I found a heron/egret out on a flooded area of the sandspit. It was obviously not a great blue heron of any age, yet too large for anything else but REDDISH EGRET. I got to study the bird from as close as ~50 feet as it was just standing around. I was pretty darn sure of the ID when it DANCED, ran, and eventually caught a small fish. I didn't have a camera or cell phone, so I booked up to the public library. All the computers were taken by juv. humans. Anyways, I went back down to the harbor. The REDDISH EGRET was still out there, it had moved a little ways and was at the edge of the gull crowd. Soon 2 young bald eagles came over--they scattered all the gulls and also the egret. This was about 1:30 PM. I searched the area for a couple hours but couldn't refind the bird. It may or may not still be around. I'd bet it's still on L. Erie. It was a bird in late first-cycle plumage, some areas very worn. There were some first-summer feathers coming in, it was obviously not a juv-type bird. I saw it in flight well also, no contrasting dark primaries for sure. Later, Craig ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]