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Great Egret
Lingering briefly during migration, carefully
scratching an itch.


Great Egret
Morning preening requiring a great deal of
neck flexibility.


Great Egret
After all the grooming, time to hunt
for a fish on two in the pond.


Black-crowned Night Heron
A very temporary migrant resting up
in between flights.


Black-crowned Night Heron
Early morning it will come out and preen,
hunt for food, then retire back into the trees.


Ring-billed Gull
Always a raucous visitor with its screeching calls.


Osprey
A casual fly over to scan for fish in
Stricker's Pond below.


Osprey
Perched at another time, but it usually gets
one of the large goldfish or carp to eat.


Eastern Kingbird
Alert as always, ready to fight their own
kind and others.


Great Blue Heron
The pre-historic look. The bill has a touch
of blood from an earlier meal.


Great Blue Heron
Wood Duck houses make for great perches
when not actively hunting.


American Robin
Still nesting, though well into August, with a
worm on the way to feed a young one or two.


American Goldfinch
Two chased each other back and forth in a
leisurely manner.


American Goldfinch
It looked a lot more like play than anything else.


Wood Duck
A late season youngster.


Northern Flicker
With a dramatic wing flare the sometimes
hidden, different colors show clearly.


Double-crested Commorant
A juvenile coming in for a landing.


Double-crested Commorant
Showing its Loch Ness Monster, chin up pose.


Rose-breasted Grosbeak
A juvenile with quite a variety of colors.


Cedar Waxwing
An always beautiful and dramatic bird
that for some reason also seems to be gentle.


Sedge Wren
A classic pose with tail cranked up.

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