Comments on: Time to go… http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2009/08/05/time-to-go/ A Bird Blog with Kate St. John Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:22:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mary Ann Pike http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2009/08/05/time-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-7992 Mary Ann Pike Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:44:17 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=9370#comment-7992 After talking to my daughter more, it's probably the same bird. She said she sees a heron flying over the pool fairly often, and she thinks it was an adult that was sitting on the wall (it was sitting there before the pool opened, while there were no people in the water). Not related to the South Park birds, but a wonderful place to see herons is the bluff in Boyce Mayview park that overlooks Chartiers creek. There is a rookery there, and in the spring before the trees leaf out you can watch the herons building their nests in the huge sycamore trees along the creek. There are often as many as 10 or 12 nests easily visible from the bluff. After talking to my daughter more, it’s probably the same bird. She said she sees a heron flying over the pool fairly often, and she thinks it was an adult that was sitting on the wall (it was sitting there before the pool opened, while there were no people in the water).

Not related to the South Park birds, but a wonderful place to see herons is the bluff in Boyce Mayview park that overlooks Chartiers creek. There is a rookery there, and in the spring before the trees leaf out you can watch the herons building their nests in the huge sycamore trees along the creek. There are often as many as 10 or 12 nests easily visible from the bluff.

]]> By: Leslie http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2009/08/05/time-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-7984 Leslie Tue, 11 Aug 2009 04:37:22 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=9370#comment-7984 Mary Ann, I've seen an adult heron on the creek that runs near the fairgrounds at South Park, wonder if it's the same one or a relation? Mary Ann, I’ve seen an adult heron on the creek that runs near the fairgrounds at South Park, wonder if it’s the same one or a relation?

]]> By: faith Cornell http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2009/08/05/time-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-7960 faith Cornell Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:28:14 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=9370#comment-7960 Such wonderful sights I get to see on this site. My dau. lives in Florida & I love PA. I tell her I can such a diversity here & Florida is a nice place visit to see dau. but I love this place & all who & everything that lives here. Thanks so much for sharing all this. Faith Cornell Such wonderful sights I get to see on this site. My dau. lives in Florida & I love PA. I tell her I can such a diversity here & Florida is a nice place visit to see dau. but I love this place & all who & everything that lives here. Thanks so much for sharing all this. Faith Cornell

]]> By: Mary Ann Pike http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2009/08/05/time-to-go/comment-page-1/#comment-7959 Mary Ann Pike Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:56:46 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=9370#comment-7959 My daughter is a lifeguard at the South Park Wave Pool, and a heron came and stood on the big wall at the deep end of the pool last week. Must have been a juvenile...I would think the adults would know better than to look for food in a swimming pool! Also, my cousin and his neighbor, who live in the city but not far off the Monongahela River, have had a heron eating the koi from their ponds...it amazes me that they can find these small patches of water in the city (and why they would bother when there is plenty of natural water around Pittsburgh)...I guess the fish in the ponds are easy pickings. My daughter is a lifeguard at the South Park Wave Pool, and a heron came and stood on the big wall at the deep end of the pool last week. Must have been a juvenile…I would think the adults would know better than to look for food in a swimming pool! Also, my cousin and his neighbor, who live in the city but not far off the Monongahela River, have had a heron eating the koi from their ponds…it amazes me that they can find these small patches of water in the city (and why they would bother when there is plenty of natural water around Pittsburgh)…I guess the fish in the ponds are easy pickings.

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