What can I say? The Wood Ducks are molting so you don’t want to see any pics of them and the vegetation is hiding many of the young ones and the Green herons have been few and far between. But the Great Blue Heron chicks are still in the nest. I’m guessing some of them will be leaving the nest next week. You can see them testing their wings when a puff of breeze comes along. They get an inch or two off the nest, get scared, and drop back down as fast as they can. And for the most part they are homely little creatures only a mother could love. And even she can’t stand them at feeding time! Click on the images to enlarge…
Larry, Moe, and Curly…..
Meeting of the minds???
There’s always one that has to be different…
They finally got it right! Family portrait.
Mom has reached her breaking point!
It’s also very interesting to see how white balance affects the images as the cool blues of the morning give way to the warmer tones after the Sun makes an appearance. In the very first image the background was in the sun while the birds were still in the shade, which makes for an interesting picture. It almost looks like the image was taken in the Fall! Enjoy!!