The other day, I mistakenly described numerous nests high in the trees as Eagle’s nests. I had seen several Eagles gliding amongst these trees and perched atop these trees. More knowledgeable birders than I, knew these nests were a Heron Rookery. Today, I ventured back out to the area. I could not get any closer, but I had a slightly more powerful lens and I was able to capture a few pics of the Heron as they hunkered down atop the nests and other Heron arrived with what appeared to be food. The quality of the images isn’t great, but you can see the Heron are indeed occupying the nests.
Well I had no idea herons’ nests are so big, and I didn’t have a scale to measure an eagle’s nest, so no harm no foul. Always great pics!
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Thank you very much!!!
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how interesting, I didn’t know where Heron’s nested… I guess I never thought about it.. great pictures… now I know =^_^=
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You and me both…had no clue until now…figured they just hunkered down in the fields and nearby brush 🙂 Thank you
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Well, personally I think you did an excellent job capturing these Heron on their nests. It is hard to believe that birds of this size can manage to nest in trees like they do. Good job.
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Appreciated. It was a bit of a calamity when one would fly in atop the other and the loud squawking commenced. The food runner, the male I assume, would return and the two would attempt the food exchange while standing atop the nest…then the male would have to move a few feet away from the nest on an adjacent branch before heading off for more food. All fun to watch as I don’t normally sit still long enough for such viewings…:-)
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Very interesting. Glad you sat still for awhile to view this calamity. lol I would love to witness a scene like this.
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if you get close enough to get “the” shot you are usually too close
herons…eagles…still amazing!
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Thanks!!
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