Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

On a morning visit to Wheaton Branch Stormwater Ponds, I disturbed this Yellow-crowned Night-Heron that had just captured a crayfish. In short order, the heron swallowed the crayfish, after tossing it in the air a few times to re-position it and crush the carapace.















Complete eBird checklist for the morning:


Wheaton Branch Stormwater Ponds, Montgomery, US-MD
Aug 4, 2012 7:28 AM - 8:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.51 mile(s)
Comments:     Mostly clear, calm, 87F
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28 species

Canada Goose  7
Mallard  17
Great Blue Heron  1
Green Heron  1
Black-crowned Night-Heron  8
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron  1
Mourning Dove  9
Chimney Swift  1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Eastern Kingbird  2
American Crow  1
Barn Swallow  13
Carolina Wren  1
American Robin  15
Gray Catbird  6
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  5
Song Sparrow  6
Northern Cardinal  2
Common Grackle  2
Baltimore Oriole  1
American Goldfinch  4
House Sparrow  11

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