Heron Weathervane
The heron weathervane: standing tall and proud
The heron is one of the most beautiful birds around. With its long legs and its long neck, this bird dominates all of the water bodies around it in much the same way that the eagle dominates the skies. This, combined with the heron’s inherent beauty, is just one of the reasons that the heron weathervane is one of the most popular designs leaving the Bar Harbor Factory!
What difference does the heron weathervane design make?
The actual design of the pointer makes only an aesthetic difference: each pointer is carefully balanced and calibrated so that it works perfectly every time, allowing a nearby user to accurately identify the name of a blowing wind.
How does the weathervane help you to name the wind?
The weathervane pointer is a free moving object that always rests pointing towards the source direction of a blowing wind. By visually aligning the pointer’s direction with the stationary compass points beneath it, a person can accurately name the blowing wind – this is because all winds are named from their source direction and not the direction into which they blow.
