A half-hour search for the little blue heron in the hour before sunset
was not successful. Even if it were still feeding at that late hour,
there were many grassy areas along the shore that could have concealed
it, so this is not to conclude that it was not present. (Two fellow
birders, one with scope, were also unsuccessful.) It should be noted
that the bird's reported locations were thoroughly backlit by a bright
sunset, which was a bit daunting in itself, but if the bird has
frequented the area throughout summer as reported, it's worth trying
again earlier in the day.
There were a couple of compensations: a nice osprey fly-over, and an
extremely close encounter with a Pileated woodpecker, who was not at
all bashful, and even did some ground feeding about 30 feet away.

Linda Whyte

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