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Mon, 2 Apr 2007 10:04:07 -0400
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        Nesting yellow-crowned night-herons have returned in numbers to the
Columbus site for the eleventh consecutive spring. Nest construction was
first noticed on 25 Mar, and the first bird (an immature individual)
reported three days ago. Yesterday, two adults were observed along with
the younger one. Usually, nesting adults (usually four at two nests
recently) seem to be accompanied by one or two immature birds,
presumably "helpers."
        These birds are pretty tolerant of respectful human attention-- the
nests are over a city street, after all--but it might be best to give
them a week or two to finish nest-building and get some eggs laid before
coming by to see them. If the nests are successful, they'll be EZ2C well
into July, and the birds will be reliably located, since they'll be
incubating or feeding young. In June, you can see a dozen birds or more,
and practice identifying plumages of young ones.
        Most subscribers to this list will know where the nests are. As always,
I feel a bit leery about just announcing the location for any surfer,
but I would be happy to send directions to subscribers who ask. This
site is one of their northernmost regular outposts, and the only one in
Ohio occupied for anywhere near this number of years.
        In other news, Leslie Phillips relocated the American white pelican off
Panhandle Rd. in the Delaware WA area yesterday (fide J. Watts). Early
for this species, but hey, the record book's being rewritten these days.
        Speaking of records, Vic Fazio mentioned mistletoe in southern Ohio.
There is a mistletoe here in Columbus, or at least so it's been
identified for me. It is long dead, but still recognizable in a dead
baldcypress tree just south of Ackerman on the east side of Kenny Road;
I've been told mistletoe killed off the tree 10+ years ago, but a
skeleton of one remains. Could be this is some exotic mistletoe species,
but that's for someone more knowledgeable to determine.  Also, we saw
our first local redbud in bloom here in Clintonville on Friday--seems
pretty early for that, too, this far north.
Bill Whan
Columbus


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