When hiking in Georgetown-Rowley State Forest one day in June, I found many nests of great blue herons on two dying trees by the other side of a pond. Five of the nests had nestlings in them. The two trees have become a gathering place for these great blue herons. From time to time, the adults flew to feed their babies and then left again to forage. To be accurate, their nestlings were not feeding, but fighting for the food. The nestlings weren't small, the adult birds always raised their heads high when they flew into the nests. When nestlings failed to get their food after screaming they just used their beaks to pull down their parent's head and hold down it with their wings, the adult birds always tried to break free, and raised their heads high again...... What an interesting process!
I'm sorry for the shaking because I zoomed in with 2000 or even 2000+ focal length.
4 окт 2024
