Sunday, 25 March 2012
Great Egrets are doing great! One nest with a large chick now has another egg! The egrets that were expanding their nest last week now only have two chicks but today I saw another adult expanding its nest with two large chicks. There are many Tri-colored Herons, Snowy and Cattle Egrets building nests and lying on eggs. There are three Tri-colored Heron nests with four eggs and one that I saw with five eggs! The Wood Storks have chicks that are a few weeks old. Anhinga’s are still incubating and I didn’t see any chicks. There’s another Boat-tailed Grackle nest just an arm’s length away from the boardwalk under the covered area; she has 2 eggs. Lastly, a Pileated Woodpecker landed on the east edge for a few minutes.
Adam Hall
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