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Yard List

Here are some recent photos of some waders.  It's a nice change being able to get close enough for some decent photos. 
All the birds at Lake Horton were reminiscent of a Hitchcock movie.
 

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Found two Tricolored Herons at Lake Horton 08/14/06.

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Yellow-crowned Night-heron at Lake Horton 08/14/06.

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Above are three Glossy Ibis that Michael and I found at the Bradley Unit of Eufaula NWR in Stewart County on 07/30/06.

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Above is a Tricolored Heron that I found at Lake Horton, Fayette County, on July 27, 2006.
 
White Ibis and Snowy Egrets are considered rare in our area (the Piedmont which is the area above the fall line which runs roughly from Columbus to Macon to Augusta.)
 
Eric Beohm

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Above are 33 White Ibis that I found at Lake Horton in Fayette County (Piedmont) on July 27, 2006.  Also there were two Snowy Egrets.  Below is a Snowy, Little Blue, and White Ibis.

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Snowy Egrets made quite a showing in the piedmont this summer at least for me.  I probably found around 15 different ones within about a month.  Oddly, though there were almost no more reports from other birders.
 

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Reddish Egret on Jekyll Island, Oct 2005.

The Reddish Egret has the eyes of a predator, staring back at me as if to say, "you're going down big sushi".