Who says it's not a rookery? In years past, my impression was that they probably nested along the channel on the south end of the west side. I heard that the trees there had been cut down, but perhaps they are nesting somewhere very nearby. --Dave Nutter
> On Jul 18, 2017, at 11:21 PM, Sandy Podulka <s...@cornell.edu> wrote: > > Montezuma was fairly quite this afternoon, but from the overlook on East Road > we could see 13+ adult Black-crowned Night-Herons foraging in the marsh. The > most I recall seeing outside of a rookery anywhere! Also present were > numerous Great Egrets and Great Blue Herons. I was especially surprised to > see so many Night-Herons at 3:30 in the afternoon! Perhaps they are > desperately feeding young right now? > > --Sandy Podulka > > > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --