Wading bird party

Our rainfall has mostly leveled out for the year, but we had such a wet spring that several acres of low-lying farmland on my commute have been underwater for several months.  I notice an egret or two there most times I drive by, and I’ve been thinking “I need to grab my camera.”

Well, I did so at lunch today, and I picked a good day.  It was a party.

Score!  There were at least 20 birds there today—six common egrets, a great blue heron, and a lot of what I believe are juvenile mallards.

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