Working in Northwest Ohio for years, I saw a lot of great blue herons and egrets land on the water.  Years ago I worked on a project where we worked with commercial fishermen.  It was not uncommon to see them drop down on the open lake to grab a fish.  We were working the Sandusky Bay area and I saw the silhouette of a bird on the water.  It was large with a thick bill.  It wasn't until it got up that I saw it was a black-crowned night-heron.  I saw them a few other times do it that spring.  Needless to say i have not seen it since carrying a camera around.  It was really a bizarre sight.


John Pogacnik

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