[mou] Y-C night-heron--no luck

[Diana Doyle]

I looked for the juv. yellow-crowned night-heron both yesterday eve  
and this am and no luck. Many black-crowneds though.

I hate seeing an unusual bird only once briefly, esp. when it comes  
as a surprise. I realized that I did a stupid thing: all my field  
marks were relative: i.e, "smaller white triangle marks," "darker,"  
"smaller overall"--I didn't think quickly enough to confirm a  
completely dark bill. And to top off my stupidity (hey, it was early  
on a dark cold morning) I didn't take a quick digital pic with my new  
cell phone.

So since my own field notes wouldn't satisfy the MOU threshold for  
reporting and accepting it, I'm going to hold off "counting" it for  
myself. (Some of you know that I'm doing a green birding challenge  
this year.)

I'll keep looking, hoping to clinch my confidence on the ID. And if  
anyone else sees it, I'd appreciate a heads up!

Thanks!

Diana Doyle
S. Mpls