United States great blue herons fledging
It is so exciting to see the Cornell herons fledging already! As for the herons nesting here, I’m off to check on them today, fingers crossed that the extreme heat this past week wasn’t too hard on the two nestlings. In the meantime, in this earlier post is another link to that heron cam that Petrel41 had posted: http://wp.me/p3sJPz-2L
This video is called Great Blue Herons, Camera host Cornell Lab, beautiful birds,they are courting,4/9/13.
From the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in the USA:
Heron Fledging Has Begun
The first young heron took flight from the nest tree in Sapsucker Woods yesterday just after noon. The fledgling earned the nickname “Uno” from the hundreds of chatters who witnessed the flight on the new Heron Cam 3. Enter our contest to see if you can guess when the final heron will fledge–the winner will be announced on the Bird Cams Facebook page and will receive a 5″ x 7″ print featuring one of the nestling herons!
While you’re waiting for the last nestling to fledge, check out the growing nestlings on the two Osprey cams (Dunrovin and Hellgate). The nests are only about 10 miles apart from one another in western Montana, but the Dunrovin…
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Posted on July 12, 2013, in ardea herodias, Awards, Bird photography, Birds, Fledgling heron, Great Blue Heron, Nature, Photography, postaday, Wildlife Photography and tagged ardea herodias, great blue heron, heron, heron fledgling, postaday. Bookmark the permalink. 12 Comments.
Babsje Heron 
Lovely to have this in-nest view. Such handsome birds.
They are handsome, aren’t they? Thanks for your kind comment.
Just checking to see if can now comment on your blog. Thanks for de-spamming me.
You’re welcome! Looks like it worked.
thanks for visiting my blog and following !
this is a great blog, dedicated to this beautiful creation. Did see ’em when lived over there, but where I live now, the following is what I saw (shot this clip) 2 months ago, if it interests –
best, anantha
You’re welcome and thanks for your kind comment here. You’re lucky to have seen the Sapsucker Woods nest. BTW, the clip you mentioned didn’t come through, can you send a link (if it’s posted on your blog)?
I do see the youtube link posted along with my comment in your blog though, please check again
unfortunately, I’ve not uploaded in my blog yet
Ah, ok, thanks. The link doesn’t appear in the “moderate” comments window on my mobile, so will check it out when at a real computer. Apologies for the inconvenience! Thanks again.
sure, no problem at all ! Hope you like it, though it takes much of your ‘comment’ space !
Thanks again for sharing it. I’ll be back at a real computer tomorrow to view it. Best, Babsje
most welcome !
regards,
anantha
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