A Yellow-crowned Night-Heron showing off his fancy breeding season rump feathers while he was preening.
Cypress Wetlands, Port Royal, SC
April 5, 2024
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Preening
Tag Archives: Breeding Season
Black-crowned Night-heron Gathering Nest Material
Back and forth, Black-crowned Night-herons were busy putting their nests together at the Cypress Wetlands rookery.
Cypress Wetlands, Port Royal, SC
April 5, 2024
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Gathering Nest Material
One Yellow-crowned Night-Heron was busy selecting sticks for nest building.
It was a short hop across the boardwalk where I was standing to the rookery.
He was checking the route…
Finally he launched…
I couldn’t see where he landed–there were several pairs with robust looking nests and lots of single birds hanging around.
Cypress Wetlands, Port Royal, SC
March 29, 2024
Sticks and Vines, and a Kerfuffle
The rookery area that the Yellow-crowned Night-Herons have chosen at Cypress Wetlands is dense, hanging with vines and Spanish Moss, and the trees are rapidly leafing out, impeding the view of those passing by.
So these action shots of a little territory set-to only features one of the players, the heron that was first on the limb.
The arriving heron remained blocked from my view…
and in the end, the interloper moved on.
Cypress Wetlands, Port Royal, SC
April 5, 2024
Snowy Egret Breeding Dance
A Snowy Egret showing off his moves and his brightly colored feet, hoping to attract a mate.
Cypress Wetlands, Port Royal, SC
March 29, 2024
A Time To Nest: Calling For A Mate
At the end of the afternoon when the sun is low it would be easy to miss this bird.
Except for the vocalization.
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
December 28, 2022
A Time To Nest, Canoodling
The Great Blue Heron pair took a few moments to bond after the male brought a stick for the nest.
OK, enough of that.
Ready for another stick!
Off he went.
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
December 28, 2022
Google shares a lot about the word Canoodle, I’ll leave it at “This somewhat silly-sounding word applies to somewhat innocent physical affection.”
A Time To Nest, Some Action
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
December 28, 2022
A Time To Nest
Wishing you all a happy and healthy new year! Thanks for following along with my blog and all the likes and comments throughout 2022.
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
December 28, 2022
Snowy Egret, Around Palm Trunk
Snowy Egret show off.
You’ve heard “no one likes a show-off” … I’m not sure that’s true when it comes to nature.
St. Augustine Alligator Farm, FL
April 13, 2022