Other than getting fed juvenile wading birds don’t have much to do until they learn to fly. If there is more than one in the nest any siblings are fair game for attention and practicing life skills.
In this case they didn’t pay any heed to their neighbors, which in turn, ignored them.
Even when the ruckus ramped up.
Adult Great Egrets get quite a workout feeding their young, and all this after procuring something for them to eat.
The chicks are aggressive about getting their share.
You can hear the “feed me” chorus, which is how the photographer often knows there is action afoot.
One more go at the regurgitation. I never saw the food, at this age it goes directly into the juvenile’s throats.
That’s it, I’m out.
I spotted a single Yellow-crowned Night-heron at the far edge of a rookery, high above my head.
Something gave him a start, not dangerous enough to fly off, but he looked concerned.
