My husband and I stopped at the Heronry on Sun. May 9, at about 1 pm and
the nests were abandoned at that time.

Judy Smith
Kent, WA
j_m.smith at christcom.net

At 10:44 PM 5/11/99 -0700, K Scarbrough wrote:
>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
>