A beginning birding student in Brent Byers class reported two active Great
Blue Heron nests across from Owings Mills Mall.

The directions are as follows:

From Reisterstown Road, travel south on Painters Mill Road. Pass Dolfield
Road and the MTA Station, and continue under 795. As you pass the large
parking lot on your right, which has the movie, you will cross a bridge over
a stream.

Go about 100', passing on your left a telephone pole, a yellow pole marking
a gas line, and finally a white pole with a yellow top. If you look to your
left, you should see some trees. The two nests are on the left side of one
of the trees. The first is about 15' from the top and the second is about
20' down and to the right of the first.

There is a lot of traffic on Painters Mill Road, but if you go past the
nests you should be able to find some parking in one of the nearby
developments and then walk back along the sidewalk to view the nests at your
leisure.


Elliot Kirschbaum
Baltimore, MD USA

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