Discovery Center - Murfreesboro
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Discovery Center - Murfreesboro |
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Colony Name:
Discovery Center - Murfreesboro
Colony Code: Rutherford-2
County:
Rutherford
Geographical
Location.
Physiographic Province:
PIF 14 (Interior Low Plateaus [Central Basin])
Latitude and Longitude:
How Obtained:
Nearest City/Town:
Murfreesboro
Distance:
In town
Directions from town to colony:
Discovery Center, 502 SE
Broad Street (Highway 41), Murfreesboro, TN 37130,
615-890-2300,
www.discoverycenteronline.org,
located south of downtown Murfreesboro.
Owner: Unknown
Address:
Management Plan: Discovery Center is a protected wetland.
Description.
General Description:
General Habitat:
Specific Habitat:
Fresh Marsh; Wooded Swamp
Species of nest trees:
Size:
History.
Yellow-crowned
Night-Herons have nested at the Discovery Center since at least 2005. The nests
always have been at the southern part of the property, though the birds range
throughout. Discovery Center.
2006.
April 20, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (2) wetland boardwalk takes you to the
northern end of the Discovery Center where the birds were seen (Jeff Cowell).
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Cumulative Breeding Summary |
| Year | Species | Maximum Number Adults Observed |
Total Number Active Nests |
Total Number Young Seen in Nests |
Estimated Breeding Pairs |
| 2005 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2006 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | 2 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2007 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2008 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
2008
Survey Results.
Survey Dates:
June 5 (8:00 a.m.)
Survey Vantage Point: On
Foot
Primary Observers: Terry J. Witt, 507 Highland Terrace,
Murfreesboro, TN 37130, 615-890-0942,
terrywitt@bellsouth.net.
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2008 Breeding Surveys |
| Date | Species | Reproductive Stage | Survey Type (Nests) | Survey Type (Adults) | Total Number Adults | Total Number Nests | Number Active Nests | Number Young Seen | Estimated Breeding Pairs |
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June 5 |
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Unfledged Young | Actual Count | Actual Count | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Comments: June 5 - Two young birds in nest attended by one adult. |
