In a short visit to K'worth Aquatic Gardens this am, I found a streaked
imm Gt-B Heron, a streaked imm Green Heron, and a streaked imm Y-cr
N-heron, and then another (maybe a bittern was the common ancestor of
the heron family) - but not the target adult.
More bizarre was an imm HORNED LARK in adjacent K'worth Park, on the new
gravel service road to the recently graded area veering off before the
playing fields. One wonders where this bird came from. With so many
visits by birders to this site, it seems a breeding pair could hardly
have escaped notice. So then, where did he grow up? If, after all, at
the park, thanks are due to the Park Service, Nat Cap E division, for
their more bird-friendly management in recent years.
Fred Fallon
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