Tennis play doesn’t deter Stanley Park herons from courtship, nest building: expert
Posted: Mar. 25, 2023 1:00AMA great blue heron holds a small fish in its beak after plucking it from the waters off Spanish Banks during low tide in Vancouver on July 19, 2020.
Nadia Xenakis, an Urban Wildlife Programs coordinator at the Stanley Park Ecology Society, said it’s mating season and the public gets a front-row seat to the ritual of male herons carrying sticks to the nest of a possible mate. This spot, however, also has some benefits, said Vennesland, who has been studying herons since the ’90s.
“Herons don’t like to fly more than about 10 kilometres from where they breed because otherwise it takes up too much energy,” said Morlin, who likened the large birds to “flying dinosaurs.” The downturn in the population has been linked to the decline in habitat quality, increasing urban expansion, and attacks from eagles that go after the eggs.
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