I've seen an immature green heron here on Offutt Lake three times in the
little over a month we've lived here--the first time perched in our oak
tree and the other two flying by.

B. Kildow
Olympia, WA
tracker99 at foxinternet.net

Douglas Canning wrote:
>
> Greetings --
>
> On Saturday, about 0800, I was basking on my back porch, drinking my
> 3rd cup of coffee, and feeling more-or-less awake, when a commotion
> and KWACK!-ing in the upper canopy of a large Red Alder across the
> yard along the creek stirred me to put on my glasses and grab for the
> binoculars. I just caught the chestnut neck and breast of an adult
> Green Heron darting out of the alder and behind some conifers. A few
> minutes later I located more KWACK!-ing in a Douglas-fir in my
> neighbor's yard and then saw the trailing bright yellow legs of an
> immature flying down the creek towards Black Lake, 1/4 mile east.
>
> This evening, at 2015, I was again sitting out on the back porch,
> when again some KWACK!-ing aroused me -- looking up I saw at least 3
> (possibly 4) Green Heron circling and darting overhead and amongst
> the trees and settling into some Red Alders. Eventually I got a good
> look at one of them perched in the open in a Western Redcedar:
> clearly an immature from the streaked breast and yellow legs. A few
> minutes later I located by its nervous kuk-kuk-kuking another perched
> in mid canopy in the cedar - alder swamp west of my place.
>
> I've lived here for close to 11 years and this is the first time I've
> seen Green Heron here, let alone be roosting. Probably should not be
> a surprise, as the extensive swamps at the south end of Black Lake
> are only 1/2 mile SE.
>
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> Douglas Canning
> Olympia, Washington
> dcanning at nisquallyestuary.org
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