Heron Colony Tour in Stanley Park
Join us for a special site visit to the Stanley Park heron rookery and learn all about how these beautiful and large birds navigate the canopy, build their nests, and raise their fledglings!
Date/Time: Mar 22 2025
Vancouver, Nature House on Lost Lagoon (near Alberni and Chilco)712 Lost Lagoon Path
Tickets
Cost: $18.00
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The Stanley Park heron colony is the largest urban colony of Pacific Great Blue Herons in North America. Every spring, Pacific Great Blue Herons take to over a hundred nests on the edge of Downtown Vancouver to raise their young, and they’ve been doing so for more than a century.
Did you know that every spring, Pacific great blue herons take to over 100 nests to raise their young? And all at the intersection of Stanley Park and Downtown Vancouver? Don’t believe us? See for yourself! Join SPES Educator Julia Taylor for a special site visit to the Stanley Park heron rookery and learn all about how these beautiful and large birds navigate the canopy, build their nests, and raise their fledglings. You’ll also discover how Stanley Park Ecology stewards and supports the heron colony by protecting them from predators and monitoring their success in summer surveys. This is part of our annual series, “The Herons are Here”!
PROGRAM DETAILS
Accessibility note: This program requires moving on gravel, grass, and uneven pavement from the Nature House on Lost Lagoon, to the Stanley Park Great Blue Heron rookery (near the tennis courts and Stanley Park Brewing). Once there, we won’t be moving around that much. If you have any questions about the accessibility of this program, please email Julia at publiced@stanleyparkecology.ca.
This program will meet at the Nature House on Lost Lagoon (located underneath the Lost Lagoon viewing platform near the intersection of Chilco and Alberni Streets). Please try to arrive 10 minutes in advance of the program.
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