{"id":13836,"date":"2014-03-21T10:48:15","date_gmt":"2014-03-21T15:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=13836"},"modified":"2014-03-21T10:48:15","modified_gmt":"2014-03-21T15:48:15","slug":"great-blue-heron-returns-to-southcoast-rookery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=13836","title":{"rendered":"Great Blue Heron Returns to SouthCoast Rookery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/post-gbhr-000c-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13838\" title=\"post gbhr 000c 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/post-gbhr-000c-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/post-gbhr-000c-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/post-gbhr-000c-480-230x300.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Great Blue Heron Returns to SouthCoast Rookery (March 21)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Blue skies, a stiff breeze and chilly temperatures greeted the first Great Blue Heron (<em>Ardea herodias<\/em>) who returned to the SouthCoast rookery this morning, March 21st.\u00c2\u00a0 Soon followed by its mate, the pair\u00c2\u00a0naturally took\u00c2\u00a0residence in the best nest within the rookery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/postgbhr-010-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13842\" title=\"postgbhr 010 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/postgbhr-010-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/postgbhr-010-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/postgbhr-010-480-295x300.jpg 295w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>SouthCoast Great Blue Heron Rookery<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Turtle Journal team has been following this major Great Blue Heron rookery on the SouthCoast since Spring 2012.\u00c2\u00a0 Many pairs of Great Blue Herons compete in sometimes open battle with several pairs of Ospreys (<em>Pandion haliaetus<\/em>) to raise their young in this perfect, well protected nursery habitat.\u00c2\u00a0 (See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=10080\" target=\"_blank\">Great Blue Heron Rookery on Massachusetts SouthCoast<\/a>.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/post-gbhr-006-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13840\" title=\"post gbhr 006 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/post-gbhr-006-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/post-gbhr-006-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/post-gbhr-006-480-204x300.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Great Blue Heron Occupies Disputed Nest<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Great Blue Heron pair this morning assumed occupancy of the best and most disputed nest within the rookery.\u00c2\u00a0 For the past two seasons, ospreys have evicted Great Blue Heron pairs from this nest.\u00c2\u00a0 (See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=10746\" target=\"_blank\">Aggressive Ospreys Evict Great Blue Heron Nesting Pair<\/a>.)\u00c2\u00a0 It will be interesting to observe whether the battle continues this year.\u00c2\u00a0 For the nonce, though, with no ospreys in sight, Great Blue Herons are in charge.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great Blue Heron Returns to SouthCoast Rookery (March 21) Blue skies, a stiff breeze and chilly temperatures greeted the first Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) who returned to the SouthCoast rookery this morning, March 21st.\u00c2\u00a0 Soon followed by its mate, the pair\u00c2\u00a0naturally took\u00c2\u00a0residence in the best nest within the rookery. 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