Samish Island Heron Nest Count & Ivy Pull
  December 7, 2013
Here are our groups out in their assigned sectors of the heronry.
And here is why necks get bent.  Some are WAYYYY up there.
Here is a tree with a new nest - quite low.  The tree never had nests before.  The herons are slowly moving the Heronry.

Accurate records document it all.
Meanwhile the Ivy pullers look down.  A lot less glamorous but essential to allow native growth to thrive.  A big area was nicely cleared.
There is a large eagle nest on the property.  It is believed that this is good - these eagles keep other eagles well removed - thus limiting the predation of the heron chicks.  Two were active in the sky above us.