Yesterday, I found a great blue heron colony on private property in southern
Loudoun County. This colony was in a somewhat unusual location. The nests (I
counted six) were in two southern red oaks in an upland forest about 500 feet
from an old, inactive beaver pond located along a very small tributary of Bull
Run. The beaver pond is approximately 2 miles upstream of Bull Run. All other
great blue heron nesting colonies that I have seen have been in trees flooded
by relatively large beaver ponds or in trees along major streams.
One juvenile great blue heron was still hanging around the nests.
Craig Tumer
Washington, DC
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