As far as I'm concerned it doesn't feel like spring until the Black-crowned Night Herons return to the Harlem Meer. I had a bad cold last week and did not make it into the park but upon my return today I counted five Black-crowned Night Herons on the island in the Meer--four adults and one juvenile. I have never seen a juvenile on the Meer before. He seemed quite comfortable taking up one of the spots on the rusty railing that surrounds the island. I thought he might get chased off by one of the adults so I waited around 20-30 minutes to see what would happened but they just left him alone.
