Heron

madrasahs · 07-27-2004, 09:14 PM

Wolfeboro has a Blue Heron rookery (well, one nest) just off route 109A at the Pop Whalen Center**, a mile or so NW from Wolfeboro.

There are other birds there too: Canada Geese, Red-Winged Blackbirds, and Wood Thrush (one of the few remaining Winnipesaukee areas with America's most gifted songster).

I'd pull into the Center, as traffic -- though sparse -- will appear suddenly around the curves from either direction.

The nest, made entirely of sticks, is about two ski-rope lengths from the road, right in the middle of the marsh. There were two parents rearranging it last Thursday. (Maybe just one of the two was rearranging -- you know why).

**Pop Whalen was my ski-team instructor and dorm-master-- back when.

07-27-2004, 09:14 PM	#13
madrasahs Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 381 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Wolfeboro rookery, 109A Wolfeboro has a Blue Heron rookery (well, one nest) just off route 109A at the Pop Whalen Center*, a mile or so NW from Wolfeboro. There are other birds there too: Canada Geese, Red-Winged Blackbirds, and Wood Thrush (one of the few remaining Winnipesaukee areas with America's most gifted songster). I'd pull into* the Center, as traffic -- though sparse -- will appear suddenly around the curves from either direction. The nest, made entirely of sticks, is about two ski-rope lengths from the road, right in the middle of the marsh. There were two parents rearranging it last Thursday. (Maybe just one of the two was rearranging -- you know why). **Pop Whalen was my ski-team instructor and dorm-master-- back when.