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Hi Everyone; Just found this message from Bob Lindsay - on my other E-mail. The report is from Sept. 3rd so there's a good chance it's still there. Sounds like a juvenile, which is exciting news for atlassers!Directions are at the end of the message: .....this afternoon when out walking, I saw a Green Heron. I almost didn't take my binoculars, and I almost didn't take the side trip into a small pond that I usually check out. But when I stepped over the ditch using the stone walkway and got through the bushes, careful to walk on solid - not spongy - ground almost to the edge of the water, it flushed from one side of the pond and flew across to the other end. There it foraged in the rushes and weeds at the edge of the water. I got a good look at it. I didn't have any field books, so I had to take careful notes for when I consulted the books later. What nailed the ID was the reddish feathers at the side of the neck and shoulders, and the two white streaks down from the chin to the belly. The back, head, and breast were darker. Legs - dull yellow. Crow-size. Everything in my books (Peterson and Sibley) suggest Green Heron. Directions: You can start walking on a multi-use trail at the edge of Russell Lake opposite the Eisener Drive Superstore off Portland Street, and walk west around the north end of Russell Lake. The trails form a loop, and one of these passes by a small pond that is almost completely surrounded by woods, except for the side accessible from the path. This is the one where I saw the Green Heron. An Osprey nest next to Russell Lake is still occupied. Cheers; Suzanne __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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