Two Raccoon Kits
Oldest Fledgling Green Heron, Day 1
Green Heron Parent
Great Egret
Mother Raccoon
Eastern Phoebe
Green Heron Chicks, Day 2
Green Heron Chick
Oldest Green Heron Chick
Exercises Those Wings
Green Heron Chick
Just Fledged and Can Fly Respectably
Adult Red-bellied Woodpecker
Juvenile Red-bellied Woodpecker
June 10/11, 2016
74-84 degrees F/0700-1025 hrs./partly cloudy/12 mph S winds
A good portion of these photos were taken in the deep woods of Boomer Creek, which
includes the raccoon family, Eastern Phoebe, Great Egret, and the Red-bellied Woodpeckers.
You have all been waiting for news of the Green Heron chicks, who are all doing very well.
As of this post today, there are four beautiful, healthy chicks. After a minor setback with an
uninitiated boater/fisherman that frightened them off, they have come back with a vengeance.
For starters, these chicks are three weeks earlier than those of last year. Secondly, the parents
are seasoned birds and know how to raise a family. As a matter of fact, they have done so well,
the youngsters were flying after two days out of the nest. The birds being viewed here are the first two chicks, the oldest of the clutch.
As you can see with these chicks, they have white, downy feathers on their heads, short wings, and
their breast and neck feathers are very streaked.
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