Subject: Medina Park, Heron Hatchlings
Date: Apr 17 11:24:32 2004
From: Kathy Andrich - chukarbird at yahoo.com



Hi Tweeters,

Last night I heard the clamoring of baby Great Blue
Heron's in the large nest at Medina Park. After I
went around to the parking lot side to get my scope,
one of the parents helpfully returned to the nest for
a parental exchange. I was just able to see some
downy fluff move around through the loose sticks in
the nest. The large nest is the third one down from
the top of the tree. The nest right above it should
be due soon. The top nest got a later start. The
lowest nest is a replacement nest from the one that
blew down over the winter. The behavior of the herons
at this nest don't convince me yet that this nest will
succeed but I sure hope so. This is the most fabulous
place to see nesting herons up close and personal.
This is very atypical heron behavior and the
threatened heronry's still need to be fought for. I
am thinking of the proposed developement near the
Black River Heronry in Renton.

The Green Heron still makes appearances and loves to
forage around the pond with the GBH nest tree, it puts
up with dogs chasing after it and people getting too
close as well. Yellow Rumped Warblers are singing all
over the place and a Red Breasted Nuthatch is working
on one of the Doug Fir stumps for a nest hole.

Also last night an Osprey cruised over the ponds twice
seeing what it could find to eat (nothing big enough
to be worth it's while I'm afraid). Nice close up
views of it hovering and scoping out the ponds below.

Kathy

Kathy Andrich
Roosting in Kent
chukarbird at yahoo.com




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