I was driving eastbound on Cedar Lane, Bethesda, at 11:10 a.m. this
morning, and was just crossing the very busy intersection with
Wisconsin Avenue when I saw an adult Yellow-crowned Night-heron fly
low across the road from north to south, quickly disappearing into a
small bunch of trees on the SE corner of the intersection. About
1-1/2 hours later, I was headed home again, and decided to stop in
the neighborhood to see if I could find this bird.
I parked on Elmhirst Drive and walked back to the big crossroads,
which is currently marked by numerous orange-and-white striped
barrels, part of a never-ending State DOT road project. Sure enough,
the Night-heron was perched low down in a tiny section of creek
between Cedar Lane and the Wisconsin Avenue entrance to Stone Ridge
School. It was presumably hunting for food, but this is a rather
unhealthy looking piece of stream and flying around here has to be
hazardous, because it is just about the busiest traffic intersection
in Bethesda.
Michael Bowen
West Bethesda, MD.
The area is within 1/4 mile of where YCNH's have nested in the past,
on a downstream section of this same small creek.
D.H. Michael Bowen
8609 Ewing Drive
Bethesda, MD 20817
Telephone: (301) 530-5764
e-mail: dhmbowenATyahooDOTcom
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