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Watching Stanley Park’s herons just got better thanks to the installation of a $4,900 high-definition camera. The new camera replaces an existing standard-definition setup and gives viewers the ability to select from 13 different viewing angles.
The colony occupies space behind the park board offices in the park, is home to some 300 Pacific Great Blue herons. 175 herons were born in 2015.
Pacific Great Blue herons are an at risk species, with one-third of the birds in the world residing here around the Salish Sea.
The first baby chicks begin to hatch in early April.
Click here to access the camera on the City of Vancouver’s web site.
Sources: CBC, City of Vancouver
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