I saw my first Black Crowned Night Heron and first wild Night Heron period ever and it was in the daytime one December day back in 1992 about 6 hours before one of the ice storms hit. years later when I lived in Baltimore 199-2002 I saw Yellow Crowned Night Herons all over the inner harbor area and Black Crowned Night Herons on the unpolluted streatch of the Jones Falls River on the edge of the Village of Mt. Washington on the county city line by my apartment. I have learned to count on Night Herons as a sign of bad weather if you see an adult bird out activelyfeeding more than an hour an half before sunset. they sense bad weather is coming so they work to get a good meal in before the storm comes that night. Seeing Sue's report of Spotted Sand Pipers at Bryan Park I will give Sunken Meadows a quick look on my home from work as I work in Hopewell. Sincerely, Tyler Turpin -----Original Message----- From: John Caroline Coe <johncaroline@xxxxxxxx> Sent: Sep 3, 2005 11:26 AM To: va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [va-richmond-general] Egrets On a trip to Presquile this past Wed. there were easily 30 Great Egrets on the mud flats. Also last week I boated up to a Black-crowned Night-Heron at Dutch Gap. That's a first for me out there. John Coe You are subscribed to VA-Richmond-General. To unsubscribe, send email to va-richmond-general-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. To adjust other settings (vacation, digest, etc.) please visit, //www.freelists.org/list/va-richmond-general. You are subscribed to VA-Richmond-General. To unsubscribe, send email to va-richmond-general-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. To adjust other settings (vacation, digest, etc.) please visit, //www.freelists.org/list/va-richmond-general.