[Bristol-Birds] South Fork Holston heron rookery expanded, Sullivan Co., TN, 23 Mar2015

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  • Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 01:52:00 -0400

 

The  colony of Great Blue Herons found on an island in the South Fork

Holston River upstream between Bluff City and South Holston Dam in Sullivan
Co.,

TN and visited  21 April 2014  by Bob Cheers and Wallace Coffey has
expanded.

 

It appeared to have four active nest last year but Monday, 23 March 2015,

it appears to have between 10 and 14 nests.

 

The colony had been called to our attention by Rita Koder, a neighbor who
had

noticed it while walking along Riverside Rd. near Island Mill.  

 

Wallace Coffey

Bristol, TN

 

 

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