[MDOsprey] Re: YCNH at Sycamore
Paul Woodward (grackling@worldnet.att.net)
Wed, 26 May 1999 19:53:44 -0400
Date: Tuesday, May 25, 1999 7:38 PM
Subject: Re: YCNH at Sycamore
>Paul - I have been trying to see the YCNH that you observed this past
>weekend, but have been unsuccessful on five tries.
>
>Could you please advise what time of day you saw it, and whether it was
>upstream (west and to the right as one drives in) or downstream, foraging
in
>the water or up in a tree?
>
>Thanks
>
>Bob Mumford
>Darnestown
>
Bob,
I saw the night heron about 11:30 am on Sunday. I also saw it at the same
location on May 6 at 2 pm, but I didn't see it on the May count nor early
Tuesday morning when I walked along a good portion of the stream toward the
river.
Both times it was within 10 feet of the bridge standing on a gravel bar in
the stream. Normally this time of year the water would be too high for the
bird to be in the stream bed. It was on the downstream(east) side- left
hand side as you are driving toward Sycamore Landing.
If I were looking for it I would probably try in the late afternoon. I
would park in the lot north of the bridge andwalk south until there is no
more swampy area. My experience is that they are hard to find now unless
you know where they are nesting, which is probably in the woods to the west
of Sycamore Landing Road.
Good Luck,
Paul Woodward
Fairfax,VA