[SBB] AMBI, CAEG, and GOEGs

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All:
 
After a successful Messier Marathon (108 M- objects seen out of 110 total, 
and a Western Screech-owl singing all night long), rather than fight the Friday 
morning commute on my way home, I decided to see if I could find an American 
Bittern at Ogier Ponds.  Sure enough, one was fishing, slowly but effectively 
in the dawn sunlight, on the northern shore of the North Pond.  It was quite 
obvious.  Barn and Cliff swallows also seemed obvious.
 
At the southwest edge of Colero Reservoir there was a Cattle Egret perched in 
a tree along the shore.  A Great Egret and a Snowy Egret were both nearby for 
comparison purposes, although they stayed down in the water where the CAEG is 
seldom found.  The bill of the CAEG was small and yellow, with its legs and 
feet dark.  There may have been just a hint of pink at the back of the head.  
North of the reservoir both Golden Eagles were in evidence, with one of them 
staying on the nest; this is on the usual nest-platform on the 4th power tower 
west from McKean Road.
 
Frank Vanslager
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