{"id":15662,"date":"2015-03-31T12:43:43","date_gmt":"2015-03-31T17:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=15662"},"modified":"2015-03-31T12:43:43","modified_gmt":"2015-03-31T17:43:43","slug":"great-blue-herons-return-to-rookery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=15662","title":{"rendered":"GREAT BLUE HERONS RETURN TO ROOKERY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/post-rookery-2015-002-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15666\" title=\"post rookery 2015 002 960 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/post-rookery-2015-002-960-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/post-rookery-2015-002-960-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/post-rookery-2015-002-960-480-254x300.jpg 254w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Returns to SouthCoast Rookery<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">With paths still covered by 8 inches of icy snow, the Turtle Journal team (Don, Sue and Rufus) trudged through the woods to the local SouthCoast rookery this morning. \u00c2\u00a0We have been checking the site periodically, as weather permitted, since mid-March with no activity to report.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/post-rookery-2015-000-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15664\" title=\"post rookery 2015 000 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/post-rookery-2015-000-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/post-rookery-2015-000-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/post-rookery-2015-000-480-300x255.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Still Icy Pond in Front of Natural Rookery Nests<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Brutal winter conditions had postponed the arrival of our rookery guests, just as they have postponed all other spring emergence on the South Coast.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/post-rookery-2015-003-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15668\" title=\"post rookery 2015 003 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/post-rookery-2015-003-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/post-rookery-2015-003-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/post-rookery-2015-003-480-300x257.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Nearly All Natural Nests Destroyed by Winter Storms<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pictured about is one of the primary natural rookery nests that has been employed by ospreys and great blue herons over the last decade. This winter, though, the nest was completely destroyed by hurricane force blizzards in January and February. \u00c2\u00a0There will be a lot of recovery work to do this spring.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/post-rookery-2015-005-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15670\" title=\"post rookery 2015 005 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/post-rookery-2015-005-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/post-rookery-2015-005-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/post-rookery-2015-005-480-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Great Blue Heron \u00c2\u00a0Sitting Surviving SouthCoast Nest<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This morning, though, March 31st, we spotted a beautiful great blue heron occupying the sole surviving waterfront nest at the SouthCoast rookery. \u00c2\u00a0Welcome home! \u00c2\u00a0And let the season begin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Returns to SouthCoast Rookery With paths still covered by 8 inches of icy snow, the Turtle Journal team (Don, Sue and Rufus) trudged through the woods to the local SouthCoast rookery this morning. \u00c2\u00a0We have been checking the site periodically, as weather permitted, since mid-March with no activity to report. 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