Great blue heron shifted from lovers to laborers
The Richmond Times-Dispatch’s Rex Springston paid another vist to Pipeline Rapids and the great blue heron rookery. The great blue herons near Shockoe Slip have shifted from being lovers to laborers. In February, the statuesque birds were touching their daggerlike bills in sensual courtship rituals on a James River island. Now, right in front of human […]
The Richmond Times-Dispatch’s Rex Springston paid another vist to Pipeline Rapids and the great blue heron rookery.
The great blue herons near Shockoe Slip have shifted from being lovers to laborers. In February, the statuesque birds were touching their daggerlike bills in sensual courtship rituals on a James River island.
Now, right in front of human admirers, dozens of herons are spearing fish to feed their hungry youngsters.
How to see the herons
•Park in or near a small lot just southeast of South 12th and East Byrd streets.
•Walk downriver to a gate on the right.
•Go through the gate, down a short ladder, then upriver on a metal walkway. The herons are on your left.
Birds on the Web
•For the latest on the herons: varookery.audubon.org
•A pair of rare peregrine falcons in downtown Richmond is tending chicks: falconcam.tumblr.com
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