Immature Green Heron
Flight Comes Easier
Looking Confident
More Mature
High in a Tree
Gaining Wisdom
The Baby and the Middle Green Heron
Natural Behavior
Looking Good
Irridescent in the Sun
Musing
Preening
This Could Be in a Jungle
In Another Month
Juvenile Red-winged Blackbird
Male Northern Cardinal
Great Blue Heron
0655-0925/79-89 degrees F/partly cloudy/17 mph wind gusts
The young Green Herons are progressing quite well. I witnessed them fly to their positions
a couple of times, and an adult left the area. They were no doubt being observed by their
kin. They're looking more mature, gaining confidence, as well as weight and are looking
more like little adult figures. Since these birds are going to be on their own soon, their
growth is by leaps and bounds. They left the safety of the nest only eight days ago, and
already they are progressing like young Green Herons should. I am proud, yet I know my
time with them is limited this year.
Migration will be the most difficult part of their lives, and it won't be easy living where they
will go next, which is determined by their genetic makeup. Since there are only three of them,
and not the four that there were last year, they might well all come back to me next year.
Even though they aren't gone yet, they will be soon enough. I know you wish them well as
much as I do, but they were a part of my life every day for the time that they came out of the
nest.
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