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Great Egret takes flight. No one individual stayed long in the same spot. They were constantly shifting around, looking for better fishing spots. There really wasn't anyone or any thing down along the river that would have spooked them and scared them off. Maumee River at Grand Rapids, Ohio October 14, 2010
It's hard to tell, even zooming way in, but this egret had just caught a fish. Maumee River at Grand Rapids, Ohio October 14, 2010
Great Egret flying upriver. Maumee River at Grand Rapids, Ohio. Seen from the south (right) bank. The distant bank is the south side of an island that splits the Maumee just below the Grand Rapids and Providence Dams. October 14, 2010
Great Egrets, Ardea alba, fishing in the Maumee River. Glimpsed through the trees along the former canal towpath at Grand Rapids, Ohio October 14, 2010
Egrets were fishing all along the stretch of the Maumee River between Grand Rapids and Providence Park. The egrets I saw on this day are almost certainly Great Egrets, or Eastern Great Egrets, Ardea alba. They are closely related to Great Blue Herons, Ardea herodias, which are common throughout the area year 'round. In my experience egrets are much less frequently seen during the summer months, which suggests a small breeding population. These may be migratory birds that just stopped briefly at the rapids to fish before continuing their journey. There were probably a dozen or more along the river...more than I'd ever seen at one time at this site. Grand Rapids, Ohio October14, 2010
Egrets were fishing all along the stretch of the Maumee River between Grand Rapids and Providence Park. Probable ID: Great Egret, Ardea alba. Grand Rapids, Ohio October14, 2010
Lineup. Ring-billed gulls fishing from the Grand Rapids Dam, Grand Rapid, Ohio October 14, 2010
Great Blue Heron wading in the shallow water of the Maumee River just below the dam at Grand Rapids. Providence Dam, Grand Rapids, Ohio October 14, 2010
Two kinds of fishing at the dam. Grand Rapids Dam, Grand Rapids, Ohio October 14, 2010
Great Egret takes flight.
No one individual stayed long in the same spot. They were constantly shifting around, looking for better fishing spots. There really wasn't anyone or any thing down along the river that would have spooked them and scared them off.

Maumee River at Grand Rapids, Ohio
October 14, 2010
Great Egret takes flight. No one individual stayed long in the same spot. They were constantly shifting around, looking for better fishing spots. There really wasn't anyone or any thing down along the river that would have spooked them and scared them off. Maumee River at Grand Rapids, Ohio October 14, 2010
Great Egret takes flight.
No one individual stayed long in the same spot. They were constantly shifting around, looking for better fishing spots. There really wasn't anyone or any thing down along the river that would have spooked them and scared them off.

Maumee River at Grand Rapids, Ohio
October 14, 2010
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