Ebird has a deal going where you make 20 visits to the same place in a month and you win some kind of prize, so I’m going for it. August can be a slow month, so at least this gives me a plan for the next week or so. CBEC has been steadily improving, so it may work out well.

There were many Egrets today, but the stars were the two Tricolored Herons, who finally gave me a chance to get a decent shot. I expect we’ll be seeing a few warblers before the month is out.

I stopped at Kent Narrows, also, but the place was overrun with fishermen.

Ebird checklist https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S59004620

CBEC Dawn.

The Forster’s Terns were fishing well within camera range today.

Many Great Egrets were fishing in Lake Knapp this morning.

Only a few Great Blue Herons were present.

Snowy Egrets were well represented.

In the last several years I’ve noticed that Eastern Kingbirds seem to form small groups before migrating.

I finally got a good look at this Tricolored Heron.