[va-richmond-general] Re: Heron

[Kim Harrell <flyingfish1@xxxxxxxxx>]

I watched one hunting in the little stormwater catch-basin by Borders 
Books on West Broad Street once. That same week I was walking across 
the parking lot at Virginia Center Commons at night, when a startled 
heron squawked and bolted out of the runoff pond there in the middle of 
the lot. Admirably adaptable.

Kim Harrell

On Wednesday, September 7, 2005, at 08:25 PM, tyler turpin wrote:

> As long as there is some open water with prey items available in VA  
> some  Great Blue Herons will be around I do not know the temp level of 
> below (x) degrees for at least (x) days that makes them go away . 
> There are always at least 8 Great Blues reported in Rockbridge County 
> Christmas bird count. My grandparents on both sides of my family are 
> from there and we get the local paper which publishes the results each 
> year. I saw one in Buffalo Creek in Rockbridge County in January two 
> years ago near Murat, VA. Great Blue Herons have been thriving and 
> reclaming ground lost even 100 years ago. We must still be vigilant in 
> habitat protection. Many like lakes built in developments as long as 
> there is a non built on area or island people do not go on. The lake 
> at West Creek Office Park has a bunch that are pretty tolerant of 
> people. In the late 1990's or in the year 2000 Smithsonian Magazine 
> did a large article on how well Great Blue Herons are doing.
> Sincerely,
>
> Tyler Turpin
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barbara Williamson <barbaraawmson@xxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sep 7, 2005 3:29 PM
> To: va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [va-richmond-general] Re: Heron
>
> I was in Washington County, VA canoeing on the Middle Fork of the 
> Holston
> river when I rounded a bend and there before us was a Great Blue.  He
> flew into a tree on the bank and watched us paddle past.  I grew up 
> near
> the Middle Fork near Abingdon - never seen a heron in that part of the
> world before.
>
> BW
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