I got a heads-up yesterday that there was still a yellow-crowned hanging around Lake Elkhorn. I got there this morning when it was just pretending to get light. I found the heron at 5:30 - a nice adult bird feeding just across from the Smooth Path intersection with the loop trail.

Nancy Magnusson
Ellicott City, MD

Lake Elkhorn info: http://www.howardbirds.org/birdinghowardcounty/LakeElkhorn/lake_elkhorn_overview.htm