[TN-Bird] Standifer Gap Marsh, Black-crowned Night Heron
- From: "David & Gloria Patterson" <dgpatterson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tn-bird" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "sefc" <SEFC-Birding@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 10:22:46 -0400
Standifer Gap Marsh, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, TN
July 17, 2005
Black-crowned Night Heron: 3 juvenile/1st summer
2 clearly resembled juvenile plumage in Sibley's guide
1 clearly resembled 1st summer, with dark crown and bright red eye, dark beak
Least Bittern: Last nest with one adult incubating 4 eggs,
Next-to-last nest with 2 large young at the nest but well able to climb
around
All other (20) nests now empty and deserted.
Great Egret: 1, present for past 3 weeks
Virginia Rail: Adult incubating 7 eggs (7th egg laid June 28)
Common Yellowthroat: 2 singing
Charles and Drema Dean
.... Lyons, sorry I dropped her first name, not Johnny Sue, teaches at Howard
she first saw 2 of the Black-crowned Night Herons
David Patterson
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