Great Blue Herons

Does this look like a Great Blue Heron? Monday I was on the front deck and 8 or 9 Great Blue Herons flushed from the cove in front of the Rescue Center. GB Herons have a deep growlie-gargalie-harsh call (hard to describe). Two of the Herons circled the cove over and over again with continuous calls. I have never observed this behavior before so I was quite enthralled with their behavior. Each circle took them East and as they circled over the end of the cove I saw a bobcat walk up the boat ramp. Evidently, he had been hunting the shore line and startled the flock of Herons. The two I watched decided they would escort him out of sight. He crossed over the lot East of the Rescue center. As long as he stayed next to the fence, the Herons simply circled and voiced their opinion. If he made a move away from the fence the Herons would swoop down at him. I know during mating season Heron's will be very defensive of their nesting area. Until Monday, I never realized they would drive off predators like they did the bobcat. That's a good thing working with and/or observing wildlife, you will always learn something new!

Above is a picture of a bobcat I took in November of 2007 here at the Rescue Center.

Up and Coming

Penny Miller will be presenting "Winged Journey: Mysteries of Bird Migration" on March the 7th from 7pm - 9pm at River Bend Nature Center.

Wild Bird Rescue's Volksmarch & Festival is just around the corner on March 26th from 8am - 6pm. This event is replacing our Celebrity Roast. The Volksmarch will be for all ages. The Volksmarch & Festival is $10 or join us for just the Festival for $5. Parking is FREE. We will have German sausage, beer, hot dogs, sodas and water. Vendors will be featuring items from plants to wickless candles. We will have live music, the Comanche Nation will be down from Oklahoma with a Golden Eagle, Red-tailed Hawk, Peregrine Falcon and maybe a Swallow-tailed Kite. Wild Bird Rescue is sponsoring a children's activity area. Their $5 festival entry fee allows them into our activity area for free. They will have the opportunity to build pine-cone bird feeders, small bird houses, make an owl from paper plates, finger puppets and a whole lot more fun items.

We encourage early registration for the march. The latest news letter has the registration form. Or, you can go to our website, http://www.wildbirdrescueinc.org/ and print the form and mail it in. Early registration the day of the event will begin at 7am.

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.


On April 9th Wild Bird Rescue will be at River Bend Nature Center to participate in an Animal Rescue Garage Sale. WBR will be just one of many local animal rescue groups there to sell and collect donations to help raise funds. Local dog and cat rescue groups will have some of their animals there and will be collecting adoption information (no on-site adoptions). Come and join us.

THANK YOU.