Heron Trash Can Be a Researcher's Treasure
[caption id="attachment_380" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Remains found beneath heron nests.
Nestlings Abound
[caption id="attachment_344" align="alignleft" width="241" caption="Five nestlings, all around 4-5 weeks old."][/caption] [Be sure to click on a photo for a larger view.] Can you imagine raising 5 children in a 1-room apartment? For great blue herons, it’s not all that uncommon. In g
Land Trust Sponsors Program on Damariscove's Sea Birds
[caption id="attachment_290" align="alignleft" width="295" caption="Two black-crowned night-herons on Damariscove Island."]
Keep Watch for Early Birds
It is March 2nd, and although I received 3 inches of snow 2 nights ago at my home, it was wet and heavy snow and had melted by noon. The wind is blowing, but it is relatively warm air, sending me a hint of spring with every gust. Birds are starting to move. Recent observations of FOY (that’s “first of year” in case you’re not a birder) osprey and turkey vultures remind me that great blue herons will return to Maine within a few weeks’ time. If my memory is correct, the first great blue heron that was reported on the Maine Birds List in 2009 was on March 12th in Brunswick. Two
Burying Island, a Heronry of the Past
[caption id="attachment_176" align="alignleft" width="125" caption="Photo by Steve Perrin"][/caption] The following was written by Steve Perrin, a long-time observer of one of Maine's largest great blue heron colonies... Great blue herons maintaine
Herons in Winter
[caption id="attachment_102" align="alignleft" width="95" caption="Great blue heron wading in Maine's icy waters."][/caption] Colonial wading birds tend to conjure up an image of the lush and wet Everglades rather than our frozen Maine landscape, yet some of these birds continue to linger in Maine
Off-Season Ground Visits
This fall and winter, I've been visiting great blue heron colonies that I didn't have time to visit this past summer. During these visits, I usually make sure the original GPS coordinate is correct; take notes on the habitat and best way to approach the site; and count all nests that ar
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