Subject: Heronry at Peasley Canyon Abandoned
Date: May 11 22:44:35 1999
From: K Scarbrough - kscarbro at gte.net


It appears that the heronry at Peasley Canyon (near the intersection of Hwy 18 and West Valley Rd in Auburn) has been abandoned. During the annual viewing day on April 24th, it was noted that although birds were at the colony, no young were present as is usual for this date. I heard second hand that herons were active at this site as recently as Saturday, May 8th. The nests were first reported empty on Monday May 10th at both around 7:30 am and again around 12:30 pm. I stopped by the site around 6:30 pm today, Tuesday, and the herons were still absent.

If anyone has additional info, I'd be interested to hear it. Also, I'm thinking it would be unlikely for the herons to make another nesting attempt yet this year. Is this correct?

Kirk Scarbrough
Kent, WA