I've been making weekly trips to a great blue heron rookery to observe the rituals of these amazingly graceful birds and the progress of their babies. Photos below reflect a fraction of this experience.
I'll organize the post in 4 parts: nesting and rituals, young babies, older babies, and fledging. Whenever the pictures look orangey, they were taken in first morning light.
There are 36 nests at the heronry and it is located in the middle of a marsh; I wore hip waders to get there. First and last photos show the environment a bit better.
Jun 26, 2021 at 10:24 AM
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