The Great Blue Heron by Rob Butler of Canadian Wildlife Service, UBC
Press. I don't know if it was also published in the US.
Bruce Whittington
Ladysmith, BC
mailto: fieldnat at pacificcoast.net

On Monday, March 22, 2004, at 01:34 PM, tokajo3 at att.net wrote:

> We moved to Port Ludlow from Idaho almost two years ago. We live on
> the water near a Heronry and I am wondering if someone can recommend a
> book on Heron, particularly the Great Blue Heron. I saw interesting
> behavior during winter 2003 and winter 2004. About 16-25 heron were
> riding the thermals over our cove almost like hawks. It was pretty
> interesting to see a large, somewhat ungainly bird like the heron in
> that type formation. They looked almost prehistoric. Is there a name
> for that behavior? I only saw it twice.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Karen Jones
> Port Ludlow, WA
> mail to: tokajo3 at att.net
>