GC1BD72 Standing Watch in Library Park
Type: Traditional | Size: Small | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: Polaski @ | Hide Date: 04/19/2008 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 27.188 W108° 02.569 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
                     

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This cache was placed in the library park with the permission of the Parachute librarian. Be sure and step in and thank them for the location.

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The Great Blue Heron stands an average of 48” tall with a wing span of 42-52”. They can be found throughout North America. The Great Blue Heron gets its name from the blue-gray color of its wings and body. Herons make their homes or heronry in tall tress along rivers and wetlands. It is not uncommon to see several heronry’s in the same tree. These groups of nest are called colonies. Nest are usually made of sticks and used year after year. Herons can have 3 – 7 bluish-green eggs a season. Juveniles are brownish colored and don’t get their adult plumage until the following season. The Great Blue Heron is often confused with their sisters, the cranes. The easiest way to tell the difference is that herons fly with their necks folded back on their shoulders, while cranes fly with their necks stretched out. This heron is frozen in time and stands watch over the colony along the river to the east.

Bring your binoculars or spotting scope so you can see the nest, herons and hairnets (heronettes) up close!

Unfortunately the heronry was blown over by a wind storm. Old cottonwoods don't last forever and this one finally fell to its eternal resting place. Fortunately it was after the herons had left. Many still come and fish the slew that runs along the North side of the Colorado River where the heronry used to stand. Look close and you can see muskrat and beavers swimming in the area as well :0)


Congratulations to Bugz/Daisy for the FTF :0)

06/24/2019 By Hanakiso
Nice stop

06/24/2019 By Iron Snowbird
Fav??great cache location. Our coords were also a little bit off, but just a smidge of geosense combined with the name and description made it a quick find. Heading east after 10 days of heading west. Enjoyed our time in CO. Tftc!

06/23/2019 By benpmorgan
This area was deserted on a Sunday afternoon so very easy to find.
Very nicely put together cache hide here - I do like caches where the hide is obvious to geocachers and never likely to be found by others.

05/17/2019 By Pandaa14
My Coords were off but instincts on. Cool spot. Took flower, Left dog

05/09/2019 By tgb123
I have moved away from the Parachute area, but this cache is one of the first I ever found and still one of the favorites. I was spoiled to live in an area with so many Polaski caches.

09/06/2018 By IndyMagicMan
Very cool. TFTC.

08/29/2018 By jessaz81
Nice

08/27/2018 By kcb355
Fun.

08/12/2018 By KnightsAdventures
Found in our honeymoon trip in a Native Campervan! Thanks for putting this here. Really cool cache & container.

08/11/2018 By Jerry2554
I found the hide with the coffee cup and a square token. I took them out thinking someone had hidden trash, but then saw the log from Firework99 stating he left the cup as a temp log. Not having anything better, I signed the cup and put everything back in the hide. Thanks for the hide.