BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT 

 HERON 



(Elmhurst) 



THERE is a large and remarkable col- 

 ony of these birds which nests in the 

 Bryan's place every year. They occupy the 

 tops of the evergreens there, and the 

 squawking clamor they make, especially 

 towards evening, can be heard over here. 

 They fly over our place every night about 

 sunset, on their way to the creek for fish, 

 uttering their loud "quauk" as they go; 

 their white breasts gleaming in the light, 

 and their wings "opening and shutting" 

 with the regular flight which most water 

 birds have. 



June 75, 1895. I visited this heronry 

 this morning and found the remnants of 

 egg-shells thickly scattered on the ground 

 under the nests. They were as large as 

 hen's eggs, of a robin's egg blue in color. 



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