A Green Heron pair in the neighborhood

A Green Heron just before following what might be its partner into the thicket.

I noticed a pair of Green Herons fly by just now (March 26, 2020). I ran outside with my camera. Here they are landing on the opposite side of the pond.

Maybe they are building a nest! 

One disappears into the brush. The other follows.

And another thought, maybe this is a juvenile returning to nest in the same location, the one I photographed a couple years ago. 

This one. 

Here is a quick telling of what I witnessed a couple years ago...

Across the pond, I notice a Juvenile Green Heron looking up. 

Two adult Green Herons had taken flight from the brush calling loudly to their chick. 

Back and forth in front of Juvenile, they flew. 

Alert, chick sees. The lesson is clear—time to fly!

 And then, hello distraction. Chick notices a Great Egret. “Who are you?”

“Who are you?” Great Egret implies back.

Will anything interrupt chick's caught-up-ness?

Ah yes! Persistence.

Tireless in their effort, the dare-devil, crisscrossing demonstration continues. The parents’ determination is a successful attention recapture. Juvenile (eventually) hops and flies (branching) and ends up here, seemingly returning to the nest.

That's enough flying for today.

(NOTE - Today, March 26, 2020, I saw a pair of Green Herons fly into an area where I remembered a possible nest location from the past. So, I found these photographs from July 2018 and what I wrote in my journal to share with you now. This species is in deep decline, so my fingers are crossed for another successful nest.)