Terry, Very exciting news about the Y-C N-herons! Do those "improving" the wetland know about the nest? --Dev Joslin Oak Ridge, TN BEAMERWITT@xxxxxxx wrote: > Yellow-crowned Night-Herons are nesting again at Oaklands Mansion in > Murfreesboro after being absent last year. The nest is directly opposite the > small bridge over the stream, about 75 feet high on an overhanging limb, on > the same slope as the house. There is one bird sitting presumably on eggs > now and 2 other adults were present this morning. There is currently a major > project underway to improve the wetland and remove all non-native vegetation, > how this will affect the birds is anyones' guess. There were several other > migrants present there today including Blue-headed and Yellow-throated > Vireos, Cerulean Warblers, and a Baltimore Oriole. > > Terry Witt > Murfreesboro Tn 37130 > > =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== > > The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with > first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. > ----------------------------------------------------- > To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: > tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ----------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, send email to: > tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society > web site at http://www.tnbirds.org > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > TN-Bird Net Owner: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN > jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423) 764-3958 > ========================================================= =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net Owner: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423) 764-3958 =========================================================