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Article posted: 9/7/2012 12:46 PM

Egrets and herons fish in the Fox River

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Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com An egret flies in to form a cluster of the water-wading birds near Tekakwitha Woods in St. Charles at sunset. Low water levels have great egrets and great blue herons gathering in large groups to feed.

A great blue heron takes flight on the Fox River in St. Charles.

Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer

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A heron and an egret don't let a speeding jet ski distract them as they hunt for food in the Fox River near Ferson Creek Park in St. Charles.

RICK WEST | Staff Photographer ¬

A group of great herons gathers at the wildlife refuge at Crabtree Nature Center in Barrington.

Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer

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They stand motionless in the river, statues of pure white, pillars of slate gray. Eyes fixed on the water. Watching. Waiting. These still-as-stone creatures are egrets and herons — great egrets and great blue herons, to be exact. Many people have asked me about them this month, as the birds are convening conspicuously in the Fox River.