Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 15:01:00 EST Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Gail Frantz Subject: Yellow-crowned Night-Heron in Baltimore County MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit March 26, a late but interesting report from Dr. Ken Lewis (retired). This afternoon there was a yellow crowned night heron perched in the oak tree on Banbury Road in Stoneleigh. This is the 5th year they have come to this tree and they are six days earlier than last year. We welcome them back. In 2000, 2001 and 2002 a pair successfully nested in the tree mentioned. In 2003, eight birds appeared in the area. There appeared to be some territorial debates and finally 2 pairs nested in the same tree and a third pair nested in a tree several blocks away. One pair here successfully fledged two chicks. During the summer while we were away a tragedy happened to the second pair. One of them flew back to the tree with a fishing line trailing him. It tangled in the tree and left him dangling. Neighbors report that the fire department came with a ladder truck and released the bird, but the pair abandoned the nest. (Gail Frantz Old Hanover Rd Reisterstown, MD) ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================