[SBB] Llagass Creek, Cattle Egrets & Blue-winged Teal

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All,
 
This morning Frank Vanslager and I checked out the west side of  Llagas Creek 
north of Bloomfield Rd.  As we were leaving, approaching  Bloomfield Rd, we 
had a CATTLE EGRET with three GREAT EGRETS on the  northern edge of the plowed, 
flooded field where Mark Paxton had three male  Blue-winged Teal earlier 
today (viewable from Bloomfield Rd).  Earlier  we had another Cattle Egret, this 
time with three SNOWY EGRETS, perched on a  wooden "weir" located several 
hundred yards north of the water treatment  plant (viewed from the hill located 
north-northeast of the plant).  We  assume that these were two different CAEG as 
we saw no egrets flying from the  far northern part of the facility to the far 
southern part of the  facility.  Earlier we also had three adult male and at 
least one  female BLUE-WINGED TEAL in the first settling pond located south of 
 the "hill," near the processing plant.  Other notables included six  
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS (one with a lot of black on it's belly and one very  lightly 
colored bird that eventually showed it's black axillaries), a couple  DUNLIN 
(well hidden among a hundred or so Dowitchers) and lots of  GREATER YELLOWLEGS 
(one in mostly breeding plumage showing extensive black  barring on the flanks 
and a lot of orange tint in the legs) in all of the  various wet areas.  
Nothing new among the passerines.
 
Take care,
Bob Reiling  
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