On Mon, 17 Nov 2025 20:29:14 +0000, "Marty Freeland via groups.io"
<martinf3...> wrote:
>Stopping at Water Ln on the way out of Pescadero, I was surprised to see a Cattle Egret (or Western Cattle-Egret) in a horse paddock (so maybe a Western Horse-Egret). It was very cooperative and a fun bird to spend time with. There are only ~3 records from the county over the past decade, one of which involved two individuals. This species was formerly regular in the county and Ron Thorn described their arrival as typically taking place just after the first rains of the fall (https://groups.io/g/peninsula-birding/message/5978). Although no longer as regular in the county, that is still the context in which this one showed up!
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Joseph Morlan, Pacifica, CA
