I call it the “skinny tree” because there isn’t much to it. It is not completely dead, but not far from it. I’ve taken hundreds of photographs of various birds in this tree, which sits in water about 60 feet / 20 meters (as measured using Google Maps) from the edge of the pond.
As mating and nesting season has gotten under way last year’s nest, which was used by a Great Blue Heron family and the one below it used by Great Egrets, are completely gone.
This week I’ve seen a couple of Great Blues come to this spot and steal a few loose twigs left behind after late summer storms took the rest.
If there is going to be a nest here this season there is a lot of work to be done. This Heron may be holding the spot while her mate is off finding foundation branches or she may be surveying the pond for a better potential home. We are about to have some cooler weather with the next ten nights going below freezing. This might put a damper on the whole nesting business.
View a GBH in a complete nest on this spot from February, 2017
View a GBH Chick in the nest on this spot from June, 2017
So lovely!
Thank you, Iris, and thanks for stopping by!
I hope the cold snap doesn’t deter their nest building. Nice GBH capture, so majestic standing there!
We went yesterday and saw some activity, actually saw a pair mating. This could mean chicks in mid-January. Last year it was late February before we saw the first chicks.