Green Heron Adult
Green Heron Nestlings
Green Heron Nestlings, View 2
Green Heron Nestlings, View 3
Adult Green Heron, View 2
060319
0728-0830/74-76 F/mostly cloudy/SSE-6/76-77% RH/30.02-30.03 Hg and steady
Green Heron adult has been showing the nestlings how to get around the nest tree, which is a prelude to flight. This causes them to strengthen muscles, especially the legs and feet, which will be used for grasping branches and holding on while moving through the tree.
Green Heron Nestlings
060419
0730-0825/71 F/mostly to partly cloudy/S-9/83-84% RH/30.01-30.00 Hg and steady
Very little action to report today. Writer was out at Boomer Lake shortly after the early morning rain ended. The only notable event was hearing the Yellow-billed Cuckoo (known as the rain crow or storm crow in the South.)
One Nestling Becomes a Brancher
Green Heron Nestling, View 2
One Brown Thrasher Nesting On Heron Cove
Eldest Green Heron Branches Furthest
Three Branchers--Look For Two on Left
Close Up of a Brancher On Left
Youngest Green Heron in Nest
060519
0705-0816/74-78 F/partly cloudy/SW-6/83-80% RH/29.93-29.95 H and steady
The adult Green Heron gave another lesson to the young in navigating the tree, and they used the time to go further. This will also teach them how to find an egress to snags in the water when the time is right.
A Brown Thrasher nest has been finished and it appears that the female is now incubating eggs. It also seems like there are three nesting pairs of thrashers on Heron Cove.
