For the most part pHake Lake is too deep and steep-sided to be a permanent residence for wading birds, but herons and egrets do stop by fairly often. This past Thursday, four Great Egrets (Ardea alba) paid a visit.
Four Great Egrets at pHake Lake, 7 May 2009
One of the four Great Egrets. Photo by Tad Beckman.
One of the Great Egrets flies away.