The Stanley Park herons are getting all the publicity with the Vancouver Park Board’s “heron cam,” but Deer Lake herons are putting on a show for local residents as spring arrives.
Burnaby photographer Glen Govier snapped photos of all the action Thursday as Pacific Great Blue herons returned to the rookery, a series of nests high up in the trees. (You can scroll through the photos above.)
“They are building and repairing nests, courting and mating,” said Govier. “Now is a good time to see them before the trees have leaves. They are fighting over nests and mates.”
Govier photographed the courtship, which he affectionately calls “foreplay.”
“It looks like a back massage, but it was pretty aggressive,” he said.
Cue the Barry White boom-chicka-wa-wa music and let the loving begin.
