Travel Challenge Answer August 2008
Filed under: Travel Challenge by on 8/22/2008
This month’s challenge was won once again by Alison, she is really good with birds! Hidden in the reeds were nine Great Blue Herons (Ardea herodias) in various states of relaxation. Personally, I think they should be called Great Grey Herons, but nobody asked me. The largest of the North American herons, GBHs nest in fairly large groups called heronries. They usually nest in trees or bushes near water. While the heronry that we saw at Edmonds Marsh (in the Puget Sound area) was relatively small, some of these colonies can have up to 500 nests.
Congratulations to Alison for having the first correct answer and kudos to Michael for also finding all our feathered friends!
Revealed photo
Heronry
No way! That was a hard one. I’ve never seen so many great blue herons in one spot so it made me wonder about my answer. Thanks for the challenge! By the way, the boiled peanuts were opened today and I have to say that there’s just something wrong about squishy soft peanuts:)
Yes way! Congrats on your astute eye.
About the boiled peanuts: it must be an acquired taste. We haven’t actually tried them, but some people really like them. Did Charles try one?
No Charles did not want to partake in boiled peanuts. Meagan (Summit Hut Assistant Buyer) was brave and tried one though, shell and all. She liked it so I guess it just depends on the person. I have a little trouble getting past the squishiness. Hope you two are living it up!
Hi Alison,
We shamefully admit that we did not try any of the boiled peanuts ourselves. There was just something about the whole boiled thing that threw us off. Next time, I promise…
When we decided that some of the prizes for our Travel Challenge would be gag gifts we meant it figuratively, not literally!
