Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Flint, Genesee Co.-Sept 15

[jbuecking at juno.com]

Hello Mich-listers,

I saw an immature Yellow-crowned Night Heron this evening between 6:50 & 7:15 near Flint. So far as I know, it is a first county record. Directions follow.

Go north on I-75 from I-69 in Flint to the Pierson Rd exit. Take Pierson Rd West towards Flushing. Just beyond the second light (Linden Rd) look for a vacant house on the left (south side) of the road with a "For Sale"(Dale Wolbert) sign in front.This is across the street from a Shell gas station. The bird has been seen for the last two weeks in trees in the back yard of the house next door(5059 W Pierson). 

The woman who reported the heron is Era Woods and her phone number is 810 733 2738. Birders are welcome to call her to see if the bird is still around, but she asks that you look for the bird from the property next door, not hers. 

It has been mostly resting in dead trees in her back yard during the day, but also hunts in her small (6' long) pond and has also caught several snakes in her yard.

Good Luck.

Jeff Buecking
Fenton

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