Taylor,
   Little Blue Herons nest in the heronry on Fort Carroll. Take a look
at the breeding bird atlas map and you will see it.

On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 8:31 PM, Taylor McLean <>wrote:

> I saw 16 Little Blue Herons at Black Marsh - aka North Point State Park (se
> Baltimore County) on 09/05.
> Specifically, take the east path near the pay gate until you come to the
> wetlands on the left hand side.
>
> 15 were first year birds; of those 14 were all white and one had splotchy
> gray
> on its white body.
> There was also one adult bird. All young birds had pale gray bills and
> light
> yellow-green legs.
>
> All the birds were located fairly close together, and it looks like a
> breeding
> colony occurred at the park. 5 of the birds were in a tree for a while.  I
> did
> not see any nests. Are there any previous records of breeding Little Blue
> Herons
> in Baltimore County? The Yellow Book says not.
>
> Incidentally, I did see one Adult Little Blue Heron on May 16 at the park.
> the
> heavy snows last winter cleared away a great deal of the vegetation from
> the
> wetlands -- making the habitat more favorable for herons.
>
>
>
>                          Good Birding!
>
>
>                                     Taylor McLean
>                                     Baltimore County, MD
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-- 
Bob Ringler
Eldersburg MD