Sherry,

I'm gonna stick my neck out and say it looks like a juvenile
Yellow-crowned Night Heron to me.  You can compare to the photo on my
website at this URL http://tinyurl.com/3sd5j

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June Tveekrem
Columbia, Howard County, MD



----- Original Message -----
From: "Sherry" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 4:52 PM
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Juvenile Yellow-crowned Night-heron?


> Ken and I were walking near Wilde Lake in Columbia this
> morning. At approximately 11:30 am we saw a juvenile heron
> in the stream above the lake...
>
> I'd appreciate it if some more experienced birders would
> look at the photos and tell me whether it's a YCNH or a
> BCNH. They're the first five pictures on this page:
> http://flyaway.smugmug.com/gallery/74843
>
> Sherry
> nightheron = at = despammed =dot= com
> Howard County