Kathy wrote:

"I went to see the Great Egret last night at the Kent Pond overlook reported
by Norma Larson. It was
disgustingly easy to find! It was sitting out in the open on top of some
swallow nest boxes."

The egret may have been trying to catch swallows as they entered or left
their nestboxes. I watched a Great Egret snap up a Black-and-white Warbler
in Key West last April, and another member of our party reported it also got
a Cerulean Warbler. Tough world out there!

Paul Webster
Seattle
paul.webster at comcast.net