The nest went down sometime yesterday. Pam Chan was doing a survey of the heronries in the area and made the discovery. At that time there were no heron in the area. They informed Suzanne Krom of Herons forever and she relayed the massage to us last night.

We visited today around noon and there were 40 to 50 heron in and around nests. One eagle was near the ex nest tree. We are going tomorrow for our usual Wednesday visit and will give an update.

We think it is too late for them to build a new nest in the colony for this year. They have a secondary nest about a half mile away if she wants to lay more eggs immediately. We think she was on an egg or eggs last Wednesday.

The heronry has lost about half of its nest count to the eagles and is why they are so late coming again this year. Maybe this is the break they need to build their numbers again. Until today, we were not sure the heronry would last. Time will tell.

Bob & Bernie
Renton, WA
BobnBernie at Comcast dot net