Show white herons finding sanctuary in florida washington the heron a beautiful beau ticul bird mourned as near extinction seems to have found ii a natural sanctuary in florida where it can ahr thrive lve J V kelsey united states game protector recently made a trip through the lake okeechobee section and r reported i e that he witnessed a rare and beautiful sight and one which indicated an on encouraging survival of thought nearly extinct at a po point hit approximately ten miles east and north of belle glade pain beach county und and as far as Pah pahokee okee in all a rila als tance of about 25 miles there were thousands of american egrets nod and snowy herons stretching away into ti lie ie overflowed country as fur far as the eye could see ile he reported that it was impossible to esti estimate ninie the total of these beautiful birds among them he saw a dozen g great real white herons nud and within yards ut of belle glade not less than aou snowy herons fed unmolested mr air kelsey could give no reason why these birds should have gathered jn in such vast numbers in this territory bin bill stated that they represent proof that the plume birds of cf florida have not noi readied reached the point of depletion that thai some people believe |