Visitors to the wetland area at Lansing’s Fenner Nature Center this summer may have noticed a large nest high in the trees, and in it, three great blue heron chicks.
It’s not unusual to see the the tall and stocky bird species at the center, but this is the second year a pair of herons has nested and raised chicks.
Fenner Education Director Sam Ansaldi said the birds are hard to miss because of their size. An adult heron can be up to four and a half feet tall with a six-foot wingspan…