Greetings All,

Last evening, 24 September 2001, I viewed an immature Yellow-crowned Night-
Heron at Confluence State Park in Wenatchee, Chelan County, WA. The bird was
seen at a pond in the Horan Natural Area, which is at the south end of the
state park. The bird was sitting on dead branches sticking out of the water
and also sat on a wood duck nest box-giving incredible views. Two immature
Black-crowned Night-Herons were about 15 feet away, sitting on branches
sticking
out of the water, for a very nice comparison. I was able to go back and
forth between
the two species and feel very good about the ID.

After about 15 minutes observation the Yellow-crowned flew towards the
cottonwoods behind the pond and was not seen again.

This morning, 25 September 2001, I spent about 1 hour at this pond and
found no Night-Herons.

Directions: From US 2 at Wenatchee, eastbound or westbound,
follow signs to the State Park. Park in the first parking lot which will be
on the right. Walk the asphalt trail south, go over the bridge over the
Wenatchee River. The entrance to the Horan Natural Area is just across the
bridge. Enter the Natural Area and go straight ahead on the trail to the
restroom. Here is a trail junction. Do not go left or right but rather
straight ahead. Soon there will be a pond on your left with an interpretive
sign titled "Hide and Seek". The Yellow-crowned Night-Heron was seen at this
pond. To view more of this pond continue further down the trail.

Good Birding,
Dave Beaudette
Wenatchee,WA
drtbrdr at earthlink.net