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Re: Yellow-crowns return to Sligo Creek

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Kate Castell

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Kate Castell

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Thu, 7 Apr 2005 11:34:27 -0400

Hi everyone,
 I am brand-new to the listserve and am enjoying it greatly. My dad lives a 
block from Sligo Creek parkway at Dennis Ave (near Sligo Middle School), and 
I forwarded him this email. He checked them out this morning and said he saw 
5 there now. I can't wait to go see them myself! There are also wood ducks 
in the overflow ponds near the intersection with Forest Glen - my dad sees 
them almost every day but they have been avoiding me ;-)
 Thanks for all of the great info!
 - Kate


On Apr 6, 2005 10:20 PM, Thomas Stock <> wrote: 
> 
> Hi Andy,
> 
> I checked the Night Heron site today as well and saw the newcomers - which
> appeared to be starting a nest further towards the parkway than last 
> year's
> nest. Last year, a second pair also showed up and made a stab at building 
> a
> nest, but their efforts came to grief presumably because of relentless bad
> (very wet) weather. I hope this year is different.
> 
> Other Yellow-crowned Night Herons have nested further downstream along 
> Sligo
> Creek in years past, but I haven't found any of those nests for a couple
> years - though they may still be there. Once the foliage comes in, these
> nests are really hard to find. I suspect other nest sites are out there,
> such as somewhere in Wheaton Regional Park, and we know that they nest in
> the vicinity of Hughes Hollow. Who knows why they picked Sligo Creek???
> Though I remember a pair that nested in downtown Charleton, South Carolina
> several years ago amidst the hustle and bustle of a big city. And look at
> the Black-crowns at the Zoo.
> 
> Tom Stock
> Silver Spring