In my 30 plus years in the area I have never seen a great egret in Great Falls, so on a foggy morning in September I got my chance when we spotted about four of them on different rock outcroppings. They are truly magnificent as the early morning sun caught this one just as he was getting ready to move and I captured this pose with one leg up. These birds are the size of great blue herons yet quite skittish and just seem to spend the summer in the Potomac.