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I was told recently there were a bunch of egrets nesting at O’Fallon park in St. Louis – so I went yesterday. That person was right! I’d guess there were one hundred or so on a small island in the middle of the park’s concrete lake. Although the lighting was fairly harsh I stayed for about an hour and captured some of the activity as shown below. I’ll plan on going back in the future when lighting conditions are better suited for glassing these all white creatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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