May 3, 2022
A few days ago, Thomas Couillard sent this photo showing 3 new Yellow-Crowned Night Heron chicks have hatched in one of the nests in our neighborhood (halves of the 3 eggs shown).
He reminds us to mark our calendars for 6 weeks from now when the chicks grow into fledges and start playing - and frighten us with hopping all over the nest. What?! Look here.
Sometimes falls happen from activity or the way nature works things out. (From a couple years ago - this chick was rushed to Wildlife, Inc., a wildlife rehab and release organization.)
Yellow-crowned Night Herons lay their eggs in nests they build high in Slash Pine trees. The (p)layer in this case looks like a Mallard hen.
