Great Egret
“Great Blue Herons and Great Egrets are also arriving in good numbers, including five flying northbound together at dusk and a scattering of herons and egrets from Scarborough Marsh to the Purpoodock golf course water hazards.”
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Great Blue Herons and Great Egrets are also arriving in good numbers, including five flying northbound together at dusk and a scattering of herons and egrets from Scarborough Marsh to the Purpoodock golf course water hazards.
Miscellaneous sightings include three Glossy Ibis, six Great egrets, and three Great Blue Herons along the stretch of Sawyer Road that runs through the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge.
Other notables include three great egrets, most probably two adults and one young flying over Robinson Woods III at sunset.
On April 20 I caught my first two Great Egrets of this year foraging along the Spurwink River and on the same day saw a handful of Yellow-rumped warblers in the Oak trees along Belfield road.
Miscellaneous sightings include, eight Great Egrets along the stretch of Sawyer Road that runs through the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge.
Also, several Great Egrets dotted the estuary across Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge while four tiny prancers with golden boots (Snowy Egrets) herded their prey and a dozen semipalmated plovers sat on watching.
On April 19 the first Tree Swallows were spotted along with a Great Egret (Sawyer Road crossing the Rachel Carson Nature Preserve).
Other notables include three Great Egrets, most probably two adults and one young flying over Robinson Woods III at sunset.
Adding to the backdrop, seven Great Egrets and two Great Blue Herons dotted the estuary while four tiny prancers with golden boots (Snowy Egrets) herded their prey.
Lastly, on October 13 from the Spurwink trail I spied two Great Egrets pursuing prey within the tidal dog legs, a single Eastern Phoebe (flycatcher) and a Palm Warbler meandering between the trail and thickets.
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In the second week of October along the Spurwink Marsh I recorded seeing a Belted Kingfisher, a first of season Northern Harrier, a single Lesser Yellowlegs, eight Great Egrets, two Great Blue Herons and one Snowy Egret.
On April 1 along the Sawyer Road section of the Spurwink Marsh I noted my first Great Egret of the season.
Two Great-blue Herons were perched awkwardly in a tall white Pine Tree and a Great Egret flew in to join them for the night.
Two other white herons can be found this time of year, the Great Egret, which is much larger and longer and juvenile Little Blue Herons, which are very slender mostly white birds with a pale blue gray bill.
Additionally, on the morning of August 10 along the Sawyer Road stretch of the Spurwink River I noted five Great Egrets, seven Snowy Egrets and one Little Blue Heron.
And on September 8 along the Spurwink Marsh section of Sawyer Road I noted a single Belted Kingfisher, five Snowy Egrets, four Great Egrets and one Great Blue Heron.
On May 23 along the Sawyer Road section of the Spurwink Marsh I found a single Little Blue Heron amidst Glossy Ibis, three Snowy Egrets and a Great Egret.