Original Clutch #1
"Missing Link"
Three Members, Clutch #1
Ditto
"Circle Game"
Two Members of Clutch #1
"Then There Was One"
Clutch #1
Clutch #1, Fourth Born
Adult Green Heron
Fourth Born, Clutch #1
Adult Green Heron
Third Born, Clutch #1
Fourth Born, Clutch #1
Adult Green Heron
Four Nestlings, Clutch #2
Third Born, Clutch #1
Adult Green Heron
Ditto, Same Bird
"Tag, You're It"
Adult Pursued By Fourth Born
Fourth Born, Clutch #1
Clutch #1, Intent on Parent
Awaiting Rest of Family
Nestlings Awaiting Breakfast
Saturday, 06-17-17
0715-0900/81-85 F/mostly cloudy/S-12/73-69% RH/29.70-29.73 Hg and steady
Remember that missing clutch of birds that I assumed that I had lost, because they vanished into thin air? They're B-a-c-k. Clutch #1 apparently switched trees, just like they did last year, when a second
set of eggs was laid. Last year, the parents simply led the young ones over the branches to the next
tree with the snag on the right. I just missed seeing it this time.
Our missing birds had been in the lower nest. The second nest was built above that one, where the current nestlings are located. This is the first nest that has been within view since the Green Herons
have been using Heron Cove. All of the other ones have been much higher and out of view, though they have all been over the water.
These photos are all from today. I will try to get the remainder posted, which will be from the beginning of the week, when the nestlings are even younger.
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