Thanks, Kerry, for the heads up on nest number four!

It is, in fact, number four.  There are two near the tennis courts, one over 
the Parkway a bit upstream from the tennis courts before Wayne Avenue, and 
now the one you have found - which to clarify matters, is over the Parkway 
between Maple and New Hampshire Avenues.  Heading towards New Hampshire on 
the Parkway, it's just before there's a large bend in the road at the far 
end of which Flower Avenue and Sligo Creek Parkway intersect.  I checked all 
four nests this afternoon and all had single birds.

Tom Stock
Silver Spring

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kerry L. Stone" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 1:35 PM
> Subject: [MDOSPREY] 3rd Heron Nest on Sligo Creek
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I've been spying on the two [yellow]-crowned heron nests on Sligo Creek, 
> near the tennis courts, in the past week. Saw a pair mate last Thursday - 
> not a pleasant sighting even if they participants have feathers...
> Anyway, I found another nest on my way back from the tennis courts about 2 
> miles down the path toward New Hampshire Avenue. The nest is right over 
> the road! Heron sitting low on eggs. The mate was on a branch in hanging 
> over the creek.
>
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