I returned to my small pond at sunrise this morning. I wanted to visit my Green Heron kids, but also decided to focus upon some other birds. The Belted Kingfisher twins are also now learning to hunt. Although at times they give up and just demand food from Mom and Dad. Sound familiar?!
Belted Kingfisher (the young female first politely asks her parents for breakfast, then demands breakfast, and is ultimately ignored … moved to another tree and starting the process all over again of screaming for food!)
Cedar Waxwing
Green Heron Chicks at Sunrise
Learning to Fish (hang on for dear life … can’t fly or swim!)
Shadow Dancing (Green Heron Adult)
Belted Kingfisher Videos (preening and fishing)
thank you so much for the wonderful photos..very well done and your captions are fun..keep me laughing..keep it up..makes me feel I havent missed everything..nature is so exciting and unpredictable..had a monarch crysallis in my milkweed area for well over 10 days..missed the exit but found the precious little shell left..had at one time 11 monarch caterpillars on 6 swamp milkweed plants..they ate everything in sight and decimated the foliage..cant wait until next yr to see who comes back!!