There were lots of deer flies, horse flies and woodticks, but all these “undesirables” were worth the annoyance yesterday. I hiked into the Great Blue Heron Rookery in the Canosia State Wildlife Area and had a grand time. This year’s crop of young are getting big, and that means all the Moms and Dads were busy feeding their HUGE youngsters. The Great Blue Heron Chicks almost devoured their parent. It must have been tasty fish.
And some still images. Parents get no respect!
A Baltimore Oriole got into the spirit of feeding. I saw it over ten times. In this photograph it has caught a waterbug which it will soon take back to its nest for hungry young.
Like always, it’s important to not be fixated on the sky (birds) when I am out in the wild because I would have missed seeing this Otter Feeding. I will admit I could not figure out what was on the menu for lunch. I’ve included a close-up of the otter’s mouth … looks like some kind of plant and not fish?? (video link of the otter feeding for email subscribers). I actually was privileged to watch the otter finding its lunch for over ten minutes from a distance of only 30 yards.
And some stills, plus the close-up of the choppers!
Wonderful Images as always.
Don