[va-bird] Saltville VA Rookery Gone

VA Birders,
I just received an e-mail from Helen Barbrow of Saltville that the entire 
sixteen nest Great Blue Heron colony at Saltville is gone, the nests as well as 
the birds. 
From what I have read Great Blues are sensitive to human or eagle disturbance, 
and that they will move the colony if they are disturbed, especially by 
construction, etc. closer than 325 yards of the rookery. 

In my post on May 14 I noted that I saw one bird carrying nesting material to 
the mountainside above the road on the opposite side of the river from the 
rookery. Perhaps that is the new location of the colony.

The photos taken on the 14th. may be the last ones of the rookery at its former 
location. 

http://users.mikrotec.com/mayhorn/BIMG/SaltvilleRook/SaltvilleRookP.htm

Enjoy the birds, while they are still here.

Roger Mayhorn
Compton Mt 
Buchanan County    
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