[wisb] Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Hunt Back On


John Shillinglaw observed a Night-Heron on the Waldo Ponds and forwarded 
the note below that adds to my first impression that this was 
potentially a Yellow-crowned.  If it can be relocated, this bird 
deserves some close examination  this weekend! 


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Hello Joe.  I looked at a night heron yesterday at Waldo in the area you 
mentioned which certainly could have been a juvenile Yellow-crowned. 
 This was about noon just before Peter, et Waldo  showed up.  I was 
impressed by the longer neck and legs as it was sitting on a mud flat. 
 The bill was clearly all black and the plumage darker than I would 
expect in a juvenile Black-crowned.  I could make out no spots on the 
wing coverts, but the lighting was not optimal for this.  My thoughts 
were not diagnosed, but likely.  It would seem the best time to try to 
get a better look would be later in the afternoon.  

John Shillinglaw


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Joe Schaufenbuel
5676 Regent St.
Stevens Point
Portage County, WI 54481
(715) 345-2788

"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, 
the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 
'Eureka!' (I found it) but 'That's funny...'"
--Isaac Asimov

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