Burton Guttman wrote:

> A couple of years ago, I was visiting people in Corpus
> Christi, TX, and was amazed to find a Green Heron in a large
> tree in their back yard, in the middle of a residential
> neighborhood, far from any water. Go figure.

Actually Green Herons often nest considerable distance from water. They
are sometimes difficult to confirm for atlas projects because the nests
are as likely as not, high in a tall conifer in somebody's backyard.

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Joe Morlan
Albany, CA
jmorlan at slip.net