In the Great Blue Heron's Rookery - I.

This morning the Great Blue Herons' rookery was different, it ceased to be quiet and was surrounded with incessant loud noise.  The chicks are getting bigger and nosier. 

Some couples are still building nests. In the photo above the male Great Blue delivered a thin branch to add it to the nest.   I am sure the female was very pleased.

A short stop, just to see what is going on in the nest. 

In my previous post I wrote about a lone female Great Blue Heron who was standing on her nest most of the time.  This morning I noticed one egg on it. 

I took this photo one week ago when I noticed a few abandoned nests on the rookery.  This morning there weren't abandoned nests anymore. 

I wonder how herons found out that a few spots were available on the rookery?

Life goes on.

The Great Blue Heron Rookery at Farmington Bay - II.

Some male Great Blue Herons were returning to the nests with building material in form of thin sticks, others came to check how their females were doing.  

I received a funny comment on Flickr on one of my previous photographs of Great Blues Herons behavior in their nests.

"Great behavioral portrait of the GBH nest building with a greeting at each contact while she tells him how she wants the living room and nursery decorated and he goes out to find the furniture."

Ethan A. Winning

A "multi-storey panel building" for Great Blues Herons nesting, where in each "apartment" Herons are preparing for building nests and raising their young ones.

Life goes on.