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I have seen Yellow-crowned Night Herons in the grass of Blue Valley Park in Kansas City. The herons would roost in trees around an oxbow near the Blue River, but would spend lots of time feeding on foot in the park grass. I assumed they were mostly looking for insects, but worms are also possible. The Corps of Engineers did flood control on the Blue River. The new highly channelized river no longer has Yellow-crowned Night Herons. Don Arney Kansas City ----- Original Message ----- From: "McNeill, Roger D [CC]" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 3:32 PM Subject: Yellow-crowned Night heron or American Robin? Friday night I was startled when I walked out my back door and saw an adult Yellow-crowned Night-heron standing in the middle of my back lawn. I watched it for about 30 minutes hunting worms. It would stalk through the dandelions, pausing, slowly turning it's head, until whap! it would strike the ground and pull out a long juicy night crawler. I watched it successfully pull four worms using this method. I was sure that this was a fluke and a bird which had stopped by on migration. This morning, "he" was back again, and again hunting worms. I live about a mile from the Blue River, so it is possible they are nesting down there, but more to my point... Has anyone ever observed this behavior...Yellow-crowns hunting worms?, especially in anti-habitat such as a lawn? Roger D. McNeill KC MO __________________________________________________ * Audubon Society of Missouri's * * Wild Bird Discussion Forum * *------------------------------------------------* * To unsubscribe send the message * * SIGNOFF MOBIRDS-L * * to [log in to unmask] * * To subscribe send the message * * SUBSCRIBE MOBIRDS-L your name * * to [log in to unmask] * *------------------------------------------------* * To access the list archives from July 2002 on: * * http://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html * ################################################## __________________________________________________ * Audubon Society of Missouri's * * Wild Bird Discussion Forum * *------------------------------------------------* * To unsubscribe send the message * * SIGNOFF MOBIRDS-L * * to [log in to unmask] * * To subscribe send the message * * SUBSCRIBE MOBIRDS-L your name * * to [log in to unmask] * *------------------------------------------------* * To access the list archives from July 2002 on: * * http://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html * ##################################################