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Re: heronry danger?



Does anyone know what is nesting in the big nest at
Greenview pond above where the swans are hanging out?
I could have sworn I saw a heron...
Kate
--- bruce young <young715@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Just across Old Oxford Highway from the prison north
> of Durham, they have put in a new trail and
> impoundment area. There is a great blue heronry in a
> swamp right across a river from the new trail that
> is
> clearly visible.  This is an old heronry but it used
> to be a long walk along a dirt trail to get to it. 
> I might normally think, "how nice I can see the
> heronry now" but when I visited this morning, I
> found
> a great deal of vegetation damage from off-road
> vehicles, probably ATVs. This was done within the
> last
> two weeks. They drove over a low dirt hill,
> bypassing
> the fence blocking the trail opening, and drove over
> most of the grass that wasnt underwater. A small
> grassy space, very close to the nearest heron nests,
> was torn completely to mud. I wonder if the noise
> will
> drive the herons away (not to mention the fact that
> off-roading also often includes guns- and herons are
> nice big targets)
> Does anybody know how much disturbance herons will
> tolerate before moving off?
> Bruce Young
> young715@yahoo.com
> Durham, NC
> 
> 
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=====
Kate Finlayson
N. Chatham Co.,N.C.
katefin@yahoo.com

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