I'd like to thank Tom Stock for sharing directions and his updates on 
the Sligo Creek Pkwy's nesting yellow-crowned night-herons.

I stopped by this morning and saw five adults--two paired at nests 
and one perched near them. As I was leaving, from the tennis court 
parking area, I looked across Sligo Creek Pkwy and saw one or two 
suspicious clumpy masses high in the trees up the hill, near some 
houses. I wonder if these were from previous nesting attempts or from 
other nesters. Unfortunately, I had to run and couldn't look into 
these further.

I live near Rock Creek Park, near Beach Drive and Cedar Lane, and 
suspect that yellow-crowned night-herons nested in this area last 
year. A friend who lives in Garrett Park told me he saw one in the 
creek last year. My wife saw one on the lawn near a stream at 
Stoneridge school at Cedar Lane and 355 last spring as well. I've 
seen a few distant single night-herons at Cedar and Beach and over 
our neighborhood in the early a.m.s. but could not identify them 
given the few seconds I saw them. If I find any yellow-crowned 
night-herons around here, I'll let Ospreyers know. Has anyone else 
seen yellow-crowned night-herons in this area?

Howard Youth

Bethesda, MD