A cattle egret sits on the hood of a car in the parking lot of St. Mary's Regional Medical Center in Lewiston on Thursday afternoon. The bird, which seldom is seen this far north, was flying from one vehicle to another most of the day. The cattle egret, a species of heron, is native to Africa and winters throughout the U.S., said Nancy Sferra, director of Science and Stewardship at The Nature Conservancy/Maine Field Office in Brunswick. It breeds in much of the Eastern Seaboard south of Massachusetts.

A cattle egret sits on the hood of a car in the parking lot of St. Mary's Regional Medical Center in Lewiston on Thursday afternoon. The bird, which seldom is seen this far north, was flying from one vehicle to another most of the day. The cattle egret, a species of heron, is native to Africa and winters throughout the U.S., said Nancy Sferra, director of Science and Stewardship at The Nature Conservancy/Maine Field Office in Brunswick. It breeds in much of the Eastern Seaboard south of Massachusetts.

A cattle egret sits on the hood of a car in the parking lot of St. Mary's Regional Medical Center in Lewiston on Thursday afternoon. The bird, which seldom is seen this far north, was flying from one vehicle to another most of the day. The cattle egret, a species of heron, is native to Africa and winters throughout the U.S., said Nancy Sferra, director of Science and Stewardship at The Nature Conservancy/Maine Field Office in Brunswick. It breeds in much of the Eastern Seaboard south of Massachusetts.

A cattle egret sits on the hood of a car in the parking lot of St. Mary's Regional Medical Center in Lewiston on Thursday afternoon. The bird, which seldom is seen this far north, was flying from one vehicle to another most of the day. The cattle egret, a species of heron, is native to Africa and winters throughout the U.S., said Nancy Sferra, director of Science and Stewardship at The Nature Conservancy/Maine Field Office in Brunswick. It breeds in much of the Eastern Seaboard south of Massachusetts.