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A Great Egret had joined 12 Great Blue Herons (2 in photo) at a wetland pool.  Great Egrets are slightly smaller than Great Blue Herons. (Wolf. Oesterreich, 7/15/24)

A doe and fawn walk past a Great Blue Heron standing at the edge of pond F. (Tana Tesdall, 7/15/24)

Taken July 16 5:40 am on the west side of north lake. Little one walked quite close as I stood in the path (Lucille Kilmer)

Taken July 16 5:40 am on the west side of north lake. Little one walked quite close as I stood in the path (Lucille Kilmer)

An adult Red-headed Woodpecker shows the white patches in the wings and rump. (Wolf. Oesterreich, 7/18/24)

Light fog blurs the view of the bluff area. (Wolf. Oesterreich, 7/21/24)

A Viceroy sits on some common milkweed near the trail. You can tell this is a Viceroy, not a Monarch, because of the stripe near the bottom of its lower wings. (Tana Tesdall, 7/14/24)

A coyote has a drink near the edge of one of the wetland ponds. (Tana Tesdall, 7/19/24)

Two fledgling Kingfishers get their feathers ruffled when their parent flies off with the fish, and doesn't share it with them. (Tana Tesdall, 7/19/24)