[EBB Sightings] Yellow-Crowned Night Heron?

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There was a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron at Coyote Pt. Yacht Harbor, San 
Mateo Co., in 2002 found by Ron Thorn. Some photos at 
regularly in Southern California for a number of years. I don't know if 
a juvenile has ever been seen in Northern California.

Alan, how did you exclude a juvenile Black-crowned Night-Heron from 
being a possibility?

As for the breeding plumaged Ruddy Ducks, I've been seeing them in 
several places, bayside along the Peninsula and at Moss Landing. Some 
cormorants are showing breeding plumage, too. It's not unsual, some 
species are nesting already.

Les
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On Feb 13, 2005, at 8:20 PM, Bob Power wrote:

> Alan:  I don't know the history of Yellow-crowned
> Night Herons in California, but this indeed would be a
> rare bird.  The middle of the baja peninsula and south
> are the extent of it's "normal" winter range. I can't
> recall a report on this species in the last several
> years in the bay area. But then again, I don't
> remember what I had for breakfast.
> Best,
> Bob Power
> From Birds of North America:
> Winter range.
> Subtropical and tropical regions where climate permits
> crab activity throughout year. In U.S., winters
> primarily in s. Florida (Robertson and Woolfenden
> 1992) but also recorded in small numbers along
> Atlantic Coast north to s. North Carolina, along Gulf
> Coast from e. Louisiana to Alabama, and along e. Texas
> coast. Winters in s. Baja California and in central
> volcanic belt of Mexico (Howell and Webb 1995) and
> into Central American and Caribbean breeding range,
> but southern limit of winter range poorly known.
> --- Alan Howe  wrote:
>> Greetings, all.
>>    Yesterday (2/12/05), while enjoying the beautiful
>> afternoon at Lake Merritt, I was pretty sure I saw a
>> juvenile ellow-crowned night heron near a number of
>> black-crowned on the northern-most island of the
>> refuge area. Given the indication in Sibley's that
>> they're not all that common around here, I'd like to
>> be sure that's what I saw.
>>    Has anyone else seen this bird? Am I correct in
>> vaguely remembering mention of a yellow-crowned by
>> list members some time ago?
>>    There were plenty of the regulars on hand, too.
>> More black-crowned than I've ever seen in one place,
>> goldeneyes, scaups, ring-necked and ruddy ducks,
>> canvassback, buffleheads, Canada geese and
>> pied-billed, eared and horned grebes. There were
>> also
>> scads of double-crested cormorants roosting/nesting
>> in
>> the tall trees on the islands.
>>    Speaking of ruddys, I've been interested to see
>> that the ones I've seen at Merritt and Berkeley
>> Aquatic Park in the last couple of weeks still show
>> non-breeding plumage, while those at Lake Temescal a
>> couple of weeks ago were resplendent in their
>> breeding
>> colors. Is this unusual?
>>    Thanks for any confirmation or insights folks can
>> give.
>> Happy Valentine's Day.
>> Alan Howe
>> Oakland
>>
>>
>>
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There was a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron at Coyote Pt. Yacht Harbor, San
Mateo Co., in 2002 found by Ron Thorn. Some photos at
few regularly in Southern California for a number of years. I don't
know if a juvenile has ever been seen in Northern California. 


Alan, how did you exclude a juvenile Black-crowned Night-Heron from
being a possibility?


As for the breeding plumaged Ruddy Ducks, I've been seeing them in
several places, bayside along the Peninsula and at Moss Landing. Some
cormorants are showing breeding plumage, too. It's not unsual, some
species are nesting already. 



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Palo Alto Baylands Birding Classes

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On Feb 13, 2005, at 8:20 PM, Bob Power wrote:



Night Herons in California, but this indeed would be a

rare bird.  The middle of the baja peninsula and south

are the extent of it's "normal" winter range. I can't

recall a report on this species in the last several

years in the bay area. But then again, I don't

remember what I had for breakfast. 

Best,

Bob Power


>From Birds of North America:

Winter range.


Subtropical and tropical regions where climate permits

crab activity throughout year. In U.S., winters

primarily in s. Florida (Robertson and Woolfenden

1992) but also recorded in small numbers along

Atlantic Coast north to s. North Carolina, along Gulf

Coast from e. Louisiana to Alabama, and along e. Texas

coast. Winters in s. Baja California and in central

volcanic belt of Mexico (Howell and Webb 1995) and

into Central American and Caribbean breeding range,

but southern limit of winter range poorly known. 


--- Alan Howe < wrote:



   Yesterday (2/12/05), while enjoying the beautiful

afternoon at Lake Merritt, I was pretty sure I saw a

juvenile ellow-crowned night heron near a number of

black-crowned on the northern-most island of the

refuge area. Given the indication in Sibley's that

they're not all that common around here, I'd like to

be sure that's what I saw. 

   Has anyone else seen this bird? Am I correct in

vaguely remembering mention of a yellow-crowned by

list members some time ago? 

   There were plenty of the regulars on hand, too.

More black-crowned than I've ever seen in one place,

goldeneyes, scaups, ring-necked and ruddy ducks,

canvassback, buffleheads, Canada geese and

pied-billed, eared and horned grebes. There were

also

scads of double-crested cormorants roosting/nesting

in

the tall trees on the islands.

   Speaking of ruddys, I've been interested to see

that the ones I've seen at Merritt and Berkeley

Aquatic Park in the last couple of weeks still show

non-breeding plumage, while those at Lake Temescal a

couple of weeks ago were resplendent in their

breeding

colors. Is this unusual?

   Thanks for any confirmation or insights folks can

give.

Happy Valentine's Day.

Alan Howe

Oakland




		

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