Subject: Re: Known status of South King County Great Blue herons
Date: Jun 5 09:19:55 1997
From: Maureen Ellis - me2 at u.washington.edu


Folks, Jim Flynn kindly sent specific information. As I was leaving
about 7:15AM for the P&R, I was able to see 6-8 milling GBH's plus a Bald
eagle being mobbed by Crows and several smaller species in the area of the
new Des Moines heronry. This is certainly a dynamic situation for this
urban nesting attempt. I can imagine what the people in the homes below
the trees must be thinking now with the ruckous and the 'stuff' dropping
from the nests. I still cannot determine whether the adult herons
had/have any hatchlings. Will keep monitoring and report the outcome
sometime later in the season. [Looking forward to a week of studying the
nesting warblers and Bay of Fundy seabirds around Machias, Maine, at the
end of June].
Cheers,
Maureen Ellis me2 at u.washington.edu Univ of WA and Des Moines, WA
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Date: Wed, 4 Jun 1997 20:53:27 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Jim P. Flynn" <bf519 at scn.org>
To: me2 at u.washington.edu
Subject: Re: The large, failed heronry/Help!

Maureen,

The rookery that was raided by eagles was indeed the Peasley
Canyon rookery near the hwy 18/hwy 167 junction. Rookeries
don't really have official names, of course, but Peasley Canyon
should suffice. I'm told by Thais that the Dumas Bay rookery has
been raided off and on as well, though it MAY not be abandoned.
The rookery in Renton at the Black River Slough is fine although
it was decimated by eagles around 1990 I think. it was abandoned
at that time but reoccupied and does quite well although eagles
still cruise by looking for a free lunch.

P.S. You can post this to tweeters if you wish. i meant
to comment on it but didn't get around to it.

Jim