Love this blog site. Just north of the river near wilson on the west bank, about 100-200 feet north of the bridge, I sighted some branches/twigs way above the flood line. How could they have gotten there? To me they looked like pieces of a heron nest. I am not an expert on this, but I would be happy to point it out to people who know.
I'm pretty sure this is a black crowned night heron, a much more common species on the river.
If you look at this photo: http://www.pbase.com/gpc/image/60096589 you'll see that the spots on an immature yellow-crowned night heron are really quite small.
I agree that there is some question. Here is the source that we used: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Yellow-crowned_Night-Heron_dtl.html#map
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Love this blog site. Just north of the river near wilson on the west bank, about 100-200 feet north of the bridge, I sighted some branches/twigs way above the flood line. How could they have gotten there? To me they looked like pieces of a heron nest. I am not an expert on this, but I would be happy to point it out to people who know.
I'm pretty sure this is a black crowned night heron, a much more common species on the river.
If you look at this photo:
http://www.pbase.com/gpc/image/60096589
you'll see that the spots on an immature yellow-crowned night heron are really quite small.
I agree that there is some question. Here is the source that we used: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Yellow-crowned_Night-Heron_dtl.html#map
What do you think?
TM
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