Every year blue herons make their nests along the water in Ballard. And every year the Heron Habitat Helpers are there to assist. Ross Reynolds spoke to two of those volunteer helpers last week - ...

I’VE CHOSEN THE perfect day to join the Heron Habitat Helpers gathered at Commodore Park in Magnolia: Great blue herons have been flying nearby for weeks, but this day, they’ve finally started ...

After launching a fundraising campaign to purchase a nesting site for great blue herons that faced risk from development, the Bainbridge Island Land Trust will acquire the protected species' habitat.

The large, stick-built nests sit high in pines above the marsh, which is alive with croaking frogs, quarreling geese and the calls of insects. Great blue herons and great egrets make great loops as ...

Sheltered by the steep sides of Kiwanis Ravine Park on the north end Magnolia are 80 nests housing up to 160 adult great blue herons and 320 chicks - the largest heron colony in the city. These birds ...

Heron Habitat Helpers aims to protect great blue herons and their nesting colonies around Puget Sound. Group members monitor herons for particular behaviors, count the chicks and adults, and estimate ...

The season began in late winter of 2020, as 10-12 herons gather for their annual winter colony. Solitary most of the year, great blues come together in winter for protection and warmth. As spring ...

The five great blue herons were strung out on the bay’s edge, standing in several inches of saltwater, although at a closer-than-usual spacing. Once away from a rookery, great blues are generally ...

ROCHESTER — The passage of time has not lessened the sense of stinging disappointment for a Rochester environmental group that formed and ultimately failed to save a great blue heron nest colony, ...

The California Coastal Commission is well known for protecting public access to the coast — the ability to walk onto a beach and not be stopped by walls, gates and signs illegally put up by beachfront ...