[va-bird] probable record number of Great Egrets

I recieved a call this morning from the landowner of Stuarts Pond in Rosedale, 
Va (Russell Co.) that a large number of white birds were at the pond.
I arrived at 9:30 am to find 51 Great Egrets in the trees around the pond.

A call to my wife got me a camera delivered.

I had 3 couples stop to see what they were in just a short period.

After a few calls, Tom Hunter and Wallace & Carolyn Coffey showed up to check 
them out.  Wallace has birded this area for 44 years and thinks this is a 
record number for the area.

They were still there at 5:20pm.  17 in the trees, the rest on the edge of the 
pond.

Migration is just great.

Dave Worley
Rosedale, Va.
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