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Re: migration party not quite over yet



On 25 May 2002, at 23:15, Joshua Stuart Rose wrote:

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> On Sat, 25 May 2002, Lisa Dailey wrote:
> 
> > This morning just after 8am, 6 adult yellow crowned night herons
> > flew in to the New Hope River waterfowl impoundment in Durham NC.
> 
> That spot's been awfully, suspiciously even, busy with Yellow-crowns
> this spring. Does the species ever nest inland in NC? Might be worth
> skulking around those impoundments a bit more, or at least watching
> for fledglings to follow the parents to the water in a few weeks...

/me forgot to reply to the list first time...

I believe I recall my father Hartsell saying that YC Night-herons had 
nested in Winston-Salem before, although I do not remember the 
precise spot.  And a couple of years ago, I think we had a 
?family?flock?group? of birds at the Little Creek impoundment a 
couple of miles West of the above mentioned spot - if that was 
merely post-breeding dispersal, it seems unusual to my untutored 
eyes that they'd have all ended up at the same spot.

So maybe we'll get lucky and have some young'uns around here 
this Summer. :)

Best, Sandy
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Sandy Cash
Durham, NC
scash@mindspring.com