Sunday I counted 91 GBH mostly on pilings north of Jetty
Island and south of Steamboat Slough in the Snohomish River
estuary. What seemed unusual is that most were on their own
piling, cormorant-style, rather than standing on log rafts or
log booms. Parts of the area populated by pilings had a heron
on each piling! This is the largest grouping of GBH I have
ever seen here. It is fascinating how their behavior changes
so much with the season.

Ed Schulz
Everett, WA

-----Original Message-----
From: John Hanske <jhanske at yahoo.com>
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Date: Sunday, March 24, 2002 12:22 PM
Subject: Re: Kiwanis Herons


>I have noticed the increased heron activity at the
>locks as well. I have lived in this neighborhood for
>eight years and I have never seen more gbh activity
>than this year. The sky is absolutely filled with
>gbh's. They are landing on rooftops and seem almost to
>be bumping into each other.