Mark Greene reported something similar this morning on the list with
herons, egrets, and anhingas. He was speculating fish crows preying on
nests could be a candidate explanation, but if a wide range of wading birds
are suffering similar declines in these counties it's something worth
knowing more about, for sure!
On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 10:03 AM, Bob Ford <editorthemigrant@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hello all - starting last summer (2014), I realized it has been a few
years since I've seen Yellow-crowned Night-herons in west Tennessee.
Several years ago I would see them fairly often each summer, always early
in the morning while driving near roadside ditches or walking through
wooded bottomland creeks. A quick check on eBird and there are a few
records in 2014 and 2015 but most are from several years ago. They have
never been "common" by my estimation, but I'd expect to see at least a few
each summer, even with random birding.
Anybody else noticed this, or am I just in the wrong place at the wrong
time the last few years?
Thanks in advance for any feedback,
Bob Ford
Haywood County TN
