The Little Blue heron at Turtle Lake Park was in a very obliging mood this past couple of hours. Initially, at around 2:30, he was feeding by the private docks to the north (right) of the public boat launch at the end of the beach, with a Great Egret nearby for handy size comparison. By the time I returned from fetching the scope out of the car, he had come to the boat launch, up onto the dock that's right beside the ramp, rendering a scope totally unnecessary. He spent at least 20 minutes there, preening and peering into the water, with all distinguishing field marks clearly visible. He returned briefly to the private beach on the north, then flew southward along the shore to perch on the private docks to the south of the beach, where a Great Blue heron had parked itself on one of the boats. Also present, in the middle of the lake, was one Forster's tern, conveniently close to a much larger Caspian. Linda Whyte
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