Bill, I am pretty sure we had nesting BCNHs at Big Island this year...caretaker said he saw them during the spring summer...maybe a new trend?...Gives me something to look for in the spring I guess. :-) Steve On Dec 4, 2014 4:42 PM, "Bill Whan" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Just had an enlightening talk with Troy Shively, who always has an > intelligent eye on his surroundings. He most often birds the Indian Lake > area, which is largely ignored even though it lies along one of the > major migratory routes in Ohio--extending from Toledo to Cincinnati > (think of where most of the cranes show up, or the golden eagles); you > can call it the I-75 corridor, or the old Ohio Canal route, or the Miami > River corridor, but it's important. He found a group of nests near > Indian Lake that resembled night-heron nests; they're abandoned now of > course, but he'll keep an eye on them in April. This was where Ohio's > first yellow-crowned night-heron nest was discovered in 1928. > Black-crowned night-herons have nested in far greater numbers--up to ten > thousand at West Sister Island in Lake Erie!--but they are nearly as > rare inland, and are possibly the architects of these nests. Just a > reminder that inactive nests are easiest to find this time of year, and > well worth visiting--of course with care--in the spring... > Bill Whan > Columbus > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/ > membership.php. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]