Great Egret Challenges Great Blue Heron

Meanwhile, Level 2 of the Skinny Tree

Or, The Challenge

I know you are down there!

Great Blue Heron Alert to an Intruder
Great Blue Heron Alert to an Intruder

And I want you to leave!

Great Egret Challenges Great Blue Heron
Great Egret Challenges Great Blue Heron

Not going!

Great Egret Challenges Great Blue Heron
Great Egret Challenges Great Blue Heron

Says who?

Great Egret Challenges Great Blue Heron
Great Egret Challenges Great Blue Heron

Oh, I think you are!

Great Egret Challenges Great Blue Heron
Great Egret Challenges Great Blue Heron

The Great Blue Heron won this round when the Great Egret took off but it was less then ten minutes and he came back.

The Skinny Tree, Great Blue Heron in top nest, Great Egret working nest below
The Skinny Tree, Great Blue Heron in top nest, Great Egret hasn’t made much progress on his nest down below

Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
March 15, 2022

10 thoughts on “Meanwhile, Level 2 of the Skinny Tree”

    1. For now the Great Blue Herons will take turns but as the chick grows he has to fend for himself sometimes. I’ve seen that go bad with aggressive Great Egrets winning ☹ .

    1. That Great Egret knows a good, safe tree when he sees it, and my prediction is there will be at least one other nest in that skinny tree. Thanks, Rudi, glad that you liked them.

    1. Yes, Tina, that’s the tree, about half way down the long side of Ravenswood Pond. There are way fewer nesting Great Blue Heron pairs around that pond compared to when we first went six years ago. What I always thought was the best tree, on the short end of the pond, hasn’t had any occupants so far.

  1. OMG! I so love The Skinny Tree!
    A delightful sequence of the antics, and the animated voices add a perfect touch!
    Five stars!

    Paz

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