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Saturday, June 15, 2019 from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm. Over 45 heron chicks have hatched and we’re celebrating.
Currently there are 42 active nests, approximately 45 great blue heron chicks have already hatched, a few nests have eggs incubating, and new nests are being built! There is a lot of activity and we’re excited to welcome you to celebrate with us.
As of April 25, 2019, all is quiet these days at the Commodore Park Heron Colony. The noisy business of building or rebuilding nests, courting this year’s mate, and fighting off competitors has morphed into sitting on eggs for about a month as the nests, built high in alder trees, sway in the wind. The parents-to-be share the incubation duty, so when one is sitting on the nest, the other is foraging for food. This year, herons are incubating in 29 out of 31 available nests.
Look carefully at the photos below to see if you can spot the heron incubating. In the first, you’ll see an orange beak peaking out – in the second, tail feathers.
Chicks will begin hatching any day! We’ll keep you informed.
Heron Habitat Helpers is proud to be part of Wildlife in the City Week!
Join us on Saturday April 21 to learn more about our neighbors – the great blue heron!
We’ll have an information table set up at the Discovery Park Learning Center from 1:00 – 5:00 pm with a craft activity and more…
And, we’ll have telescopes at Commodore Park with our naturalists on hand to answer questions from 2:00 – 4:00 pm!
Learn more about other great events during Wildlife in the City Week April 15-21, 2018
http://seattlewildlifeweek.org
Photo of heron courtship by Kathleen Atkins