Great Blue Heron
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Great Blue Heron
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May 18th.
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Now this will truly be the last time I visit this nest site.
I had gone back one other time and thought the nest was empty.
As you can see, no matter how big they get, they can hunker down in the nest.
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It's now almost impossible to tell the chicks from the adults.
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I'm the biggest bird in the nest--
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NO-
I'm the biggest bird in this nest.
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I think the parent bird is a bit afraid of the chicks.
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As I have said before the chicks will grab the parents bill and pull it down
to the bottom of the nest to encourage it to regurgitate some food.
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I noticed that one of the parent birds now has a an open wound in the back of its neck.
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Well that is it for the Great Blue Heron family.
sure hope you have enjoyed it as much as I did photographing it.
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One last thing before I sign off. I found this bird in the top of the nest trees over looking the situation.
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Even though it is looking down into the Heron nest,
I do believe it would be just a little beyound the
Osprey's ability to grab one of those chicks. After all they are bigger than the Ostrey.
Sure enough it did fly away in a few minutes after I had found it.
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