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Birds of a feather

July 29, 2022 5:58 pm • Last Updated: July 29, 2022 5:59 pm

By Sean D. Elliot
Director of Photography

s.elliot@theday.com

A great blue heron preens while perched on a log with some Canada geese as a great egret wades by Friday, July 29, 2022, in the tidal pond off Beach Point Road in Groton. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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A great blue heron preens while perched on a log with some Canada geese Friday, July 29, 2022, in the tidal pond off Beach Point Road in Groton. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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A great blue heron preens while perched on a log with some Canada geese Friday, July 29, 2022, in the tidal pond off Beach Point Road in Groton. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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A veritable menagerie of birds was spotted Friday in the tidal pond off of Beach Point Road in Groton.

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