bird is still here as of 700 pm on the north shore of pond. vic lewis On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 5:35 PM, alyssa <[email protected]> wrote:
> The Yellow-crowned Night Heron was present at the previously reported site > in Minnetonka, Hennepin County, from 3:45 until 4:45pm. First he was up high > in the willow tree, but then at about 3:35 he flew down to the east side of > the pond. He began walking (stalking?) into the cattails as a few other > birders and I left at 4:45. All the views were great. I took some decent > photos with my cell phone camera and spotting scope, but I hope that Chris, > who was taking pictures with an actual camera, will put a picture up on the > Recently Seen page sometime tonight. (If not, then I'll display one of my > "beauties." :) > > It is interesting that it roosted in a weeping willow. I've been keeping > close track of the Black-crowned Night Herons on Cortlawn Pond (Golden > Valley, Hennepin Co.) and they exclusively roost in willows. For the past > few days, there has only been one Black-crowned Night Heron at Cortlawn, but > one evening last week I had four. (Keep in mind that I canoe this pond > daily, so it's easier for me to see them than for walkers.) Good bird finds > from yesterday in Golden Valley include Ring-necked Pheasant and Scarlet > Tanager. > > Here are some directions for those still coming out to look for the > Yellow-crowned Night Heron: As said in previous posts, go south on > Greenbriar Rd for 1/2+ mile. Keep to the right. You'll see a sign that reads > "Greenbriar Ponds", and about an 1/8 mile after that, there is an urban pond > (with a fountain!) on the right (north) side of the road. This is the pond > where the bird has been seen all day. Park in the apartment parking lots > that surround the pond (also on the right.) > > Good birding! > > Alyssa DeRubeis > Golden Valley, Hennepin Co. > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Victor Lewis" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 3:16 PM > Subject: Re: [mou-net] yellow crowned night heron Henn Co > > > > hi birders, the heron is now in the willow tree on thnw corner of the pond, >> about 3 quarters of the way up if you have any problems give me a call' >> vic >> lewis 6125902627 >> >> On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 2:03 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I checked out the pond and as of 1:15pm the bird was still there. A >>> clarification on directions to the pond is as follows: from Cedarlake rd >>> turn SOUTH on Greenbriar and go approx 1/2 mile and you will find 10511 >>> on >>> your right. The pond sits right in front of the building and is easily >>> visable from the street. There is a clump of cattails etc. on one side >>> and >>> that was where I saw the bird. >>> >>> >>> >>> Good luck and Good birding! >>> >>> >>> >>> Dan Ahlman >>> >>> New Hope, MN >>> >>> ---- >>> Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net >>> Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html >>> >>> >> ---- >> Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net >> Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html >> > > ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
