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Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - 4/10/2010, McKee Road. © Judi Pinkerton

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - 4/10/2010, McKee Road. © Judi Pinkerton

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron is very rare in Lycoming County. The first county record was from April 10, 2010 along Lycoming Creek. More information about that county-record sighting can be found in V24N2 of the Pennsylvania Birds quarterly journal. The other record was a juvenile at a roadside pond along Rte. 287 in northern Lycoming County found on July 11, 2018.

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Known Records

  • 7/11 - 7/17/2018 - Rte. 287, south of Lorenton
  • 4/10/2010 - Lycoming Creek along McKee Road