March 28, 2018
I visited Lost Bridge mudflats where I have seen several Great Egrets in recent years and, after seeing a report of a flyover at Fernald Preserve, I was prompted to seek them in the most reliable place, in my experience, in Hamilton county. I had identified 9 Wood Ducks (flyovers), 11 Blue-winged Teal, 4 Mallards, 12 Lesser Scaup, 8 Bufflehead, 3 Hooded Mergansers, 3 Red-breasted Mergansers, 3 Great Blue Herons and 2 Horned Grebes at the flats before a very dense, heavy fog settled in and I was unable to see the birds on the water and the flats anymore. I decided to go across the bridge to turn around and the pull off at Miamiview Road when I looked to my left and there they were! Five Great Egrets were sitting in a tree just east of the bridge.
Great Egret is #115 for the year.
I visited Lost Bridge mudflats where I have seen several Great Egrets in recent years and, after seeing a report of a flyover at Fernald Preserve, I was prompted to seek them in the most reliable place, in my experience, in Hamilton county. I had identified 9 Wood Ducks (flyovers), 11 Blue-winged Teal, 4 Mallards, 12 Lesser Scaup, 8 Bufflehead, 3 Hooded Mergansers, 3 Red-breasted Mergansers, 3 Great Blue Herons and 2 Horned Grebes at the flats before a very dense, heavy fog settled in and I was unable to see the birds on the water and the flats anymore. I decided to go across the bridge to turn around and the pull off at Miamiview Road when I looked to my left and there they were! Five Great Egrets were sitting in a tree just east of the bridge.
Great Egret is #115 for the year.
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