Bellingham’s Post Point Heron Colony on the Move

According to John Bower, a professor at Western Washington University with a doctorate in bird behavior, it is not uncommon for great blue herons to shift their colonies in response to human behavior and bald eagle predation.

“I’ve always wondered if those herons will abandon [Post Point] and move to a bigger colony out at Birch Bay, but so far that hasn’t happened,” Bower said. “It doesn’t surprise me that the birds would be shifting to a different colony.”