(Photo by Lina Shanklin.)
The good news is that the young Heron are safe, as of today, thanks to an unbelievable effort of Lina Shanklin and her group of 14, who stood vigil with a net under trees filled with young Heron at Mariners Village, as the MDR Fireworks fired Saturday night.
The Mom and Dad Herons get frightened by the noise and fly away never to return. That leaves babies too young to fly, six stories up in nests, frightened by the noise and later hungry, looking for food.
Shanklin’s plea for help was published in the VeniceUpdate.com before the Fourth of July at https://veniceupdate.com/2015/07/01/help-save-the-herons-at-mariners-village-on-the-fourth-during-fireworks/ .
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