Mount Vernon herons
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- July
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Yellow-crowned night herons nesting in Mount Vernon. Make sure to check out that story in today’s paper by my colleague Bill Cary. Seems at least a couple of yellow-crowned night heron families have set up housekeeping along South Fifth Avenue. Here’s an online gallery of photos of the birds.
Many of you are probably more familiar with the more common black-crowned night heron. Here’s more info on their yellow cousins.
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