{"id":828,"date":"2018-08-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weebly-import-post-70"},"modified":"2026-06-17T01:43:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T01:43:24","slug":"hep-to-the-jive-or-hep-to-the-survey","status":"publish","type":"wingbeat","link":"https:\/\/sfbbo-test.twomoons.systems\/staging\/1924\/wingbeat\/hep-to-the-jive-or-hep-to-the-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"HEP to the Jive? Or HEP to the Survey?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"paragraph\"><strong>By Guest Blogger John Robeson<\/strong><\/div> <div><div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Picture\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sfbbo-test.twomoons.systems\/staging\/1924\/wp-content\/uploads\/weebly-migration\/jb-and-me-sydney-profile-picture.jpg?ssl=1\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Are you \u201cHEP to the Jive?\u201d Only readers of a certain vintage (like us!) will recognize this jazz age pun! \u201cHep to the jive\u201d was 40\u2019s Jazz musician Cab Calloway\u2019s expression meaning \u201cin the know\u201d or a \u201ccool cat!\u201d The HEP <em>Survey<\/em> is SFBBO\u2019s Heron Egret Project \u2013 part of their \u201cvery cool\u201d Colonial Waterbird Program, putting biologists \u201cin the know\u201d about Bay Area waterbirds\u2019 habits and trends.<br\/><br\/>\u200b<span>Ten years ago, my wife Barbara and I retired from thirty years of workers compensation claims management and launched much loved travel and citizen science work centered around birds. One of our &#8230;<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<!--more-->\n\n  <div class=\"paragraph\"><span>favorite gigs throughout these years has been our participation in SFBBO\u2019s HEP survey of the egret colony at Bay Farm Island, near the Oakland Airport in Alameda, CA.<\/span><br\/><br\/><span>This active colony consists of both Great and Snowy Egrets, averaging 30 plus nests, or 150 big birds, per year! It is imbedded in an affluent condominium complex along a tidal slough which winds past suburban homes, along a well-used walking path where humans ride their bikes and walk their dogs all day long.<\/span><br\/><br\/><span>The primary colony tree, an aging pine, sits right next to a day care center, whose play yard is filled with the cries and shouts of very active boys and girls. In addition, there\u2019s the constant sight and sound of jumbo jets, taking off from the airport, passing right behind the egrets\u2019 tree! Mother Nature is nothing if not incredibly adaptive; the egrets seem quite oblivious to all of these human intrusions.<\/span><\/div> <div> <figure class=\"wp-block-gallery wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sfbbo-test.twomoons.systems\/staging\/1924\/wp-content\/uploads\/weebly-migration\/bfi-snowy.jpg?ssl=1\"\/><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sfbbo-test.twomoons.systems\/staging\/1924\/wp-content\/uploads\/weebly-migration\/bfi-swa-plane_1.jpg?ssl=1\"\/><\/figure><\/figure>\n<\/div> <div class=\"paragraph\"><span>Even the colony tree has been beset with human drama &#8211; twice threatened with removal during the breeding season; twice\u00a0<\/span><em>rescued<\/em><span>\u00a0by the combination of SFBBO\u2019s vigilant data collection and the Golden Gate Audubon Society\u2019s diligent activism. It is against the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 to harm any of the over 800 species protected by the Act, and through this partnership the tree and colony were saved.<\/span><br\/><br\/><span>Despite all of these odds, the colony has thrived. Sadly, however, the effects of drought and perhaps years of \u201cegret wear and tear,\u201d have taken their toll on the nest tree \u2013 it is clearly dying, with many broken and missing branches, the few remaining needles completely brown. The tree is slated to be cut down this fall.<\/span><br\/><br\/><span>August marks our last survey for 2018. Barbara and I look forward to next March, when the new breeding season begins. We have formed an attachment to our Bay Farm Island egrets and want to be \u201chep\u201d to what happens. Perhaps they will move onto neighboring pine trees, perhaps they will disperse to another location altogether. Only time will tell. Stay tuned for our update next year!<\/span><br\/><br\/><em><strong>John and Barbara Robeson are citizen scientists in our\u00a0<a href=\"\/staging\/1924\/colonial-waterbird-monitoring\/\">Colonial Waterbird Program<\/a>\u00a0and have also volunteered in our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sfbbo-test.twomoons.systems\/staging\/1924\/environmental-education1.html\">Outreach Program<\/a>\u00a0teaching the community about the colonies they monitor.<\/strong><\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span><span>\u200b\u200b<\/span><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Guest Blogger John Robeson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1230,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":""},"class_list":["post-828","wingbeat","type-wingbeat","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>HEP to the Jive? 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