Hi Amy,

I know that the colony by the Lake Sammamish boat ramp has had activity in
recent years, although it may be dropping off; the park ranger has kept some
records, and gave a figure at a lakes conference of about 18 active nests. I
think that conference was about 5 years ago, and the number had dropped by
about 5 from the previous year. The ranger was living across the road, by
Laughing Jacob wetland.

I assume you've been in touch with Michelle Tirhi (WDFW) and Kate Stenberg
King Co)? Both are also tracking heron activity.
Citizen Nancy Malmgren (http://seattlep-i.nwsource.com/local/malm25.shtml)
may be another good source of information.


Kevin Li
King County Environmental Lab
322 West Ewing St
Seattle, WA 98119
(206) 684-2344 office
7-5:30pm M-Th



-----Original Message-----
From: Amy Stabins [mailto:astabins at u.washington.edu]
Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2001 4:59 PM
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: Heron colony activity?



Hi Tweeters-

I am a student at the University of Washington studying great blue heron
colonies in King County. I've gotten a lot of great help from Tweeters
folks in the past, and I have another question. I am trying to establish
an account of which colonies have been active over the last 20 years. The
biggest gaps in the data I've compiled are in the last 5 or 6 years. If
there is a colony that you like to check on every now and then, I'd love
to hear about whether it has been active or not in recent years. In
particular, I'm missing data on Peasley Canyon, Lake Sammamish, Kiwanis
Ravine (near the Ballard Locks), Mercer Slough (at the Bellefields office
park), North Beach (east of Golden Gardens), Des Moines Creek Park, and
West Seattle. Data on any other colonies is welcome!

Thanks!
Amy

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Amy J. Stabins
College of Forest Resources
University of Washington
astabins at u.washington.edu