Yesterday the two yellow-crowned night-heron nests in Columbus were
crammed with young birds, five apiece. Five is the maximum number of
eggs this species is known to lay. Last year the two nests produced six
young. Cooper's hawks nesting less than a hundred yards away have
apparently taken no toll. The adults are probably stressed to the max
feeding this horde, and are harder to find.
        Some of the young appear already capable of flight, and a routine early
July decampment is in the offing.  A great year for this small colony,
now in its eleventh year.
Bill Whan
Columbus

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