[va-richmond-general] Great Egrets at Dutch Gap

We were out cruising in Chesterfield County's pontoon boat last evening at Dutch Gap with some of the folks who had bid on the trip at last year's RAS Auction - a delightful & peaceful summer evening on the water.

Just after sunset we counted 25 Great Egrets roosting on a island out in the lagoon at Dutch Gap. Birds kept flying in and the initial group of 12 birds we saw a half hour before sunset more than doubled!!

The Osprey on the electric pole out on the peninsula there seem poised to fly and none too soon - their nest looks mighty flimsy at this point.

Caroline & John Coe
Chesterfield County

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