A very bedraggled great blue heron is back at his/her post in one of the Shaker Lakes @ intersection of Attleboro and Parkland Rds., on the Attleboro stretch (Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga Cty).  Hanging out in a thawing patch, along with mallards.  He/she was there daily this summer, even when the lake was only a teeny eutrifying puddle due to the drought.  (I'm a novice, ergo unsure how to tell male from female in this case.)
 
Lisle Merriman
Sh. Hts.

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