Green Herons at Ben Brenman Park, Alexandria Photo Gallery by Paula Sullivan at pbase.com

Green Herons at Ben Brenman Park, Alexandria

I watched Green Herons successfully nest here in 2007, and they are back again 2008, raising families in the same tree.

A copse of trees at the water's edge of the small lake at Ben Brenman Park continues to provide Green Herons what they need to successfully produce young. The first photos in the gallery are of the 2011 breeding season.

	Siblings ruffling feathers in sync		Adult	Posing like a bittern
Nestllings	Nestllings	Nestllings	Nestllings	Adult
Adult	Continuing to stay near nest	Out of nest, but nearby	Out of nest, but nearby	Still in nest, but not for long
Family portrait	Less down and more feathers	Second nest with younger nestlings	Nestling and parent	Nestling and parent
Nestling and parent	Juvenile	Juvenile	Juveniles learning to hunt on their own	Juvenile
Juvenile at water's edge	Bullfrog, a little too big to be heron food	Nestling who is eatiing well	Bright-eyed and bushy bellied	Only a few days before they are out of the nest
All five nestlings on alert	A little neck extension here	Watching in all directions	Looking like a bittern	A few words of advice?
Adult Green Heron on nest	Adult male	Adult male	Juvenile, still with traces of down on crown	Hunting
Hunting	Nestlings	Nestlings, eagerly awaiting the next meal of adult's regurgitant	Nestlings of varying ages--little guy at upper left	Larger nestlings have most of their feathers
Small nestling shows areas on breast without down	Getting a bit crowded, time for a second row	Preening and waiting	Nestling exercising wings	DSCN0030 copy.jpg
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