My phone battery died so Sherrie was nice enough to type up this great post about the bird for Facebook and the ABA Rare Bird Alert We were out training on the route for our tram rides on the hiking trails when we found the heron. The unit it is in is being drawn down and there are a large number of Great Egrets, a few Great Blue Herons and 7 Snowy Egrets in the same area. Rebecca Hinkle found a Tricolored Heron at Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge. It can be seen from the hiking trails in the northeast corner of impoundment 8A in Ottawa County. From the old parking lot take the trail north toward the estuary, turn and head west where the observation platform is. 8A is west of that. There are maps at the kiosk near parking lot. Also, just a reminder... Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge runs FREE Blue Goose Bus Tours in May. These exciting trips yield some of the best birds during the first two weeks of May. Last year many lucky observers were able to see and photograph a gorgeous male ruff in breeding plumage at Ottawa's 'closed to the public' Blausey Unit. Ottawa will also be running FREE tram shuttles through the refuge during May 6th thru May 13th at 12:30 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. (Right by the Tricolored Heron spot!) See their website for details or stop in the visitors center. The schedule is listed on the rotating header on the main page. Good Birding!!! Sherrie Duris OHIO RARE BIRD ALERT Facebook Group Administrator - See more at: http://birding.aba.org/message.php?mesid=689258&MLID=OH&MLNM=Ohio#sthash.cOeAZrVT.dpuf ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]