Joe,

I've seen it a few times while watching migrating hawks. The most memorable was right about this time several years ago.  There were five or six herons travelling together.  They reached a thermal and went into a perfect circle, beak to toes, and rode it up as high as they could, then peeled off and went on their way, again in formation.

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From: Joe McDaniel <>
Date: 2004/04/16 Fri PM 02:34:31 EDT
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Subject: [MDOSPREY] Great Blue Herons in formation?

I don't see a lot of Great Blue Herons in Frederick County, but there were three flying in formation (not enough for a "V" but staggered just like three Canadas might fly) transiting from west to east this morning. I thought this very unusual as I have never seen a group of herons flying together so purposfully (obviously going somewhere).

Best,

Joe McDaniel
Monrovia, MD

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