FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Montgomery County/Stewart County Great Egrets

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The place I typically look is on the Stewart County/Montgomery County  border 
just east of Cross Creek NWR. There are 6 major ponds and almost every  spot 
I looked has dried up, even after the storms we have had. But, there were  11 
Great Egrets yesterday in the one pond that has water left in it. Same pond  
also had 2 Great Blue Herons, a few killdeer and about 6 ducks I couldn't make  
out. On Saturday there were 9 great egrets, and for a few weeks back into 
July  there had been one or two. Also on Saturday there was a Green Heron, 
which 
I had  not seen there before, I think because they tended to be at the shallow 
ponds  that are now dried up.
The one pond that hasn't dried is connected to the Cumberland River, but  
even it has last over half its surface area.
I realized one pond I thought was still okay wasn't when I saw a Great Blue  
Heron walking around on the surface yesterday. I had previously seen five  
green herons at one time there. It was just plain mud.
Jeff Grimes
Woodlawn, TN


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