The highlight from my morning walk at Schoolhouse Pond was two breeding plumage Black-crowned Night Herons.  The birds were perched about 20 feet up in a tree on the lefthand side of the short boardwalk that leads to the office townhouses.  This is near the vicinity of where a Black-crowned Night Heron spent most of the summer a few years back.  One of the birds had fairly long, attractive breeding plumes hanging down from the back of its head.   Otherwise, nothing too unusual:  a House Wren continues to sing near the residential townhouses, Pewees, Acadian Flycatchers, 1 Yellow-throated Vireo, American Redstarts, several Common Yellowthroats, and 1 Prothonotary Warbler continue to sing at the rear of the pond.  And, 1 1st summer Orchard Oriole continues to sing from its favorite perch; a high dead snag on one of the taller trees overlooking the rear of the pond.

Fred Shaffer

Crofton, Anne Arundel

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