I got a call this morning from a woman in Knife River who has been seeing a Cattle Egret in Knife River for two days. When I came, the bird was feeding along a ditch next to the main road through town (I think the one from Emily's Cafe, though I turned in from the freeway). I took a few photos, though it was still murky and foggy when I was there.
One photo, details, and a link to more photos is at http://www.birderblog.com/?v=11-07-05#11-07-05_133846.txt Laura Erickson Duluth, MN Staff Ornithologist Binoculars.com www.birderblog.com There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of birds. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature--the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after the winter. --Rachel Carson
