On Thursday, July 21st, Lois Levinson, Harriet Stratton, Kate Frost and myself visited Glenmere Park in Greeley to check on the nesting progress of the Yellow-crowned Night Heron. We arrived around 10:40 AM and promptly found the bird on the nest from our vantage point on the west side of the park, near the playground. The heron spent some time sitting on the nest and also stood around in the tree near the nest. After about half an hour, it flew down to the ground and fed from the rocky shore on the southwest side of the park. After 15-20 minutes, it flew back to the nest. We did not see any evidence of live nestlings or feeding at the nest. Since the heron was still hanging out by the nest, we assumed there still were eggs present. We left after a little over an hour. The park has many juvenile black-crowned night herons, as well as cattle egrets and snowy egrets. Some snowy juveniles were still in nests, easily viewed from the south side of the park.
Mary Keithler, from Arapahoe County near Cherry Creek State Park -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
