The Tricolored Heron reported at Medusa Marsh was not in sight today at
about 10:30 am.  There were plenty of egrets, though, including a surprising
8 or so Snowies.

Birds were very sparse in the early afternoon at Ottawa NWR, but an immature
(white) Little Blue Heron was associating with a few egrets in the far
corner of the pond behind the old nature center/store.  The bird was easier
to see from the service road/trail running alongside the pond than from the
small boardwalk in back of the buidling, as the little island in the middle
of the pond blocks the view from the latter site.

The water was *very* high in the channel and estuary at Ottawa, apparently
too deep even for herons and egrets for the most part.  The two ponds most
easily accessible were largely choked with vegetation.  The end result was
very few birds.  But continuing the low quantity/high quality theme, a
Peregrine Falcon flew over and a locally uncommon Northern Mockingbird was
on the trail not far from the old parking lot.  Several eagles, particularly
young ones, were easily seen soaring about.

--
Bill Heck

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