The Heron Rookery in Porter County, Indiana, was set aside to protect the nesting grounds of the great blue heron (Ardea herodias). In 1980, the Indiana...
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Look up rookery in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A rookery is a colony breeding rooks, and more broadly a colony of several types of breeding animals...
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Indiana Dunes National Park (section Heron Rookery)
outlying areas, including Pinhook Bog, in LaPorte County to the east; the Heron Rookery in Porter County, the center of the park; and the Hoosier Prairie State...
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Heronry (category Herons)
the free dictionary. A heronry, sometimes called a heron rookery, is a breeding ground for herons. Although their breeding territories are often on more...
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black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) [or black-capped night heron[citation needed]], commonly shortened to just night heron in Eurasia, is a...
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its way to the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico. There is a heron rookery on a site northwest of Capitol Drive and Brookfield Road. The Köppen-Geiger...
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blue herons, though sometimes they nest alongside other species of herons. These groups are called a heronry (a more specific term than "rookery"). The...
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including terns, herons, songbirds, and pelicans used to be found on the island. A survey in 1995 counted 609 nesting pairs in a heron rookery on the island...
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white pine and balsam old growth stand is also home to a great blue heron rookery. McCaslin Brook (also spelled McCauslin) was used as a means of transporting...
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yellow-crowned night heron (Nyctanassa violacea), is one of two species of night heron in genus Nyctanassa. Unlike the black-crowned night heron, which has a...
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to the Illinois Audubon Society, the heron rookery located within the lake is "by far the most valuable rookery in all of Illinois ... a site of outstanding...
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of the lake and during bird nesting season they are found around a heron rookery to catch falling eggs of birds. Their foraging techniques vary from...
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- south Stevens County - west Grant County - northwest Bruce Hitman Heron Rookery Scientific and Natural Area Farwell State Wildlife Management Area Glacial...
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the Chippewa River. Additionally, it is home to a large great blue heron rookery. The site was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1973. "National...
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Wisconsin shore of Lake Superior. Eagle Island has the only great blue heron rookery in the park." Good examples of the sea caves of the Great Lakes are...
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blue heron rookery in Vermont has been on the refuge's Shad Island. This rookery fluctuates from about 250 to almost 600 nests each year. This rookery has...
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moraine. A great blue heron (Ardea herodias) rookery was protected and made part of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in 1980. The herons, numbering 98 nesting...
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15-acre island that serves as one of the largest heron and gull rookeries in the Midwest. Fourmile Island Rookery State Natural Area is located in central Dodge...
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Michigan Indiana Dunes National Park (part) Indiana Dunes National Park Heron Rookery Indiana Dunes State Park Moraine Nature Preserve Interstate 80 Indiana...
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island's habitat for its rare great blue herons. The bar is West Virginia's largest great blue heron rookery. The Nature Conservancy turned over Fish...
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Bridge Tredegar St. Put-In Pipeline (or Trestle) Trail with views of heron rookery Great Shiplock Park/Chapel Island "About the Park - Friends of James...
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water tupelo, and a heron rookery. As of 2023, the Illinois state-champion cherrybark oak can be viewed from the Todd Fink-Heron Pond hiking trail. The...
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Parl". Redmond Parks & Trails Commission. Retrieved December 29, 2022. "Heron Rookery Park". Redmond Parks & Trails Commission. Retrieved December 29, 2022...
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late 1960s to ensure protection of the island's great blue heron rookery. Over a thousand herons return to breed every April. It was declared a National...
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home to one of the largest great blue heron rookeries in northern New York State, where over one thousand herons return to breed each April. The uninhabited...
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development because it had been a heron rookery. A storm in 1906 blew down most of the trees from the center of the island. The herons moved to the nearby Wawatasso...
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Area". www.dnr.state.mn.us. Retrieved 2018-05-28. "MNDNR: Bruce Hitman Heron Rookery". www.mndnr.gov. Retrieved 2015-10-29. "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved...
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blue herons, great egrets, black-crowned night herons, double-crested cormorants, and cattle egrets nest together, features Lake Renwick Heron Rookery Visitor...
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accessible at several locations. The upper reaches are viewable in the Heron Rookery. The midsection is parallel to the Calumet Trail from the Bailly/Chellberg...
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separates the wetland from the main barge channel is home to a large Heron rookery. Prior to Army Corps depositing the dredging in the 60's the wetland's...
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