You'd think I'd know where Haywood Avenue is because I live right here...but 
I don't. Anyway, there is a nest just around the corner from Flower Avenue 
on Sligo Creek Parkway, right over the parkway, with 2 birds in it. These 
birds were here last year too.

Kerry
Takoma Park, MD

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Subject: [MDOSPREY] Yellow-crowned Night Heron: Sligo Creek Nests


> On my drive to Silver Spring Metro this morning, I checked on the 
> Yellow-crowned Night Heron nests along Sligo Creek Parkway between 
> Colesville Road and New Hampshire Avenue. There has been and continues to 
> be extensive road work - resurfacing - taking place along this stretch of 
> the Parkway. This work may have led to the failure of one nest, as 
> detailed below.
>
> Moving downstream from Colesville Road, the first nest site (one nest) is 
> directly over the Parkway just beyond Wayne Avenue before a parking lot 
> that at least this morning was being used as a staging area for 
> construction equipment. On March 26, there were two birds at this site. 
> The day after construction started, March 28, there were no birds, and I 
> have not seen any activity at this nest since.
>
> The next nest site (two nests) is over the creek just upstream from the 
> tennis courts near the intersection of the Parkway and Piney Branch Road. 
> I observed two birds there this morning. It appears that just one nest is 
> active.
>
> The next nest site (one nest) was not active last year. It is directly 
> over the Parkway 0.45 mile downstream from the intersection of the Parkway 
> and Piney Branch Road (just upstream from the intersection of the Parkway 
> and Park Valley Rd.). I observed three birds there this morning. Might 
> these be the birds that attempted to settle upstream near Wayne Avenue?
>
> The last nest site (one nest) is directly over the Parkway before a big 
> curve in the road and about 50 yards upstream from where Hayward Drive 
> intersects the Parkway. I observed two birds there this morning.
>
> I would love to hear from anyone who finds any other nests along the creek 
> in this area. Thanks!
>
> Tom Stock
> Silver Spring