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Their health reflects on the health of the environment. Author: Peggy Keyser (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 1:08 PM EDT May 3, 2021 Updated: 1:43 PM EDT May 3, 2021
KENNEBUNK, Maine They are equal parts majestic, graceful and prehistoric. With a wing span of nearly five or six feet, Great Blue Herons are some of the biggest birds that take to the wing in the Maine skies.
It takes a small army of volunteers each year to keep an eye on this particular bird population – and with good reason. Tracking how the Great Blue Heron population is doing in our state and where they are nesting tells us a lot about their environment and ours. Over the last few decades, the colonies of Great Blue Herons nesting along Maine’s coastline has declined. What is impacting these birds, and are they simply moving elsewhere in the state? It is the work of the Heron Observation Network to try to answer some of those questions.