A chilly day , nestled birds - and Marc's photos

Great Egret, breeding plumage, Saturday, January 29, 2022. 

Just before sunset, I stepped outside. I noticed a Great Egret in breeding plumage nestled in the foliage next to the pond. It's chilly. Tonight will be one of the cooler nights according to Dark Sky. 

I walked toward the pollinator garden and saw these two, a Wood Stork and another Great Egret also in breeding plumage. I wondered if it was the other's parter.

Marc Holtsberg had a fascinating birding day, too. He photographed, Great Horned Owlets in a nearby nest (not in Wildewood Springs). 

This is a pair of Red-Bellied Woodpeckers in Wildewood. Marc said the nest was destroyed in the winds.

I checked the Blue Heron nest today, late afternoon. The herons are probably very low in the nest.

Before I came inside from the backyard, Wood Stork gazed my way. Hello beautiful bird.

Wood Storks like most of the species of storks lack a syrinx, a vocal organ, and so, are mute. They clatter their bills against each other as a mode of communication in their colonies and nests. The clacks sound like this. Chicks though are loud in the nest. Their sound is nasally and sounds like a braying donkey.