Tag: great blue heron
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Three’s Company
It’s all about the herons around here. The great blue heron fledglings have flown the coop and are now finding their way along the Hudson River or points east. These little green herons must have figured out that there is safety in numbers. The Canadian geese are thriving.
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Let’s Hear It for the Herons
The Bedford Rookery is humming, squawking, squirming with excitement. It is almost time for the young to fledge. I’m not sure if the adults take care of young that are not theirs.
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May Days
Great blue heron rookery is captivating all of us here. I never knew the birds raised their young in a colony. Twenty active nests are supporting probably close to 80 young. It wouldn’t be spring without goslings and a swan. And our local osprey has again chosen the communication tower at the train station. I…
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Signs of Spring
The eagles and peregrines are on eggs or feeding young chicks. The spring residents are arriving. The luscious leaves are popping out on bare branches.
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Looking for Eagles on the Hudson
Well, I found some very early in the morning. Plus, I found a few other things, too.
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DeKorte Park in August
Can’t miss getting a few shorebirds here. Yellowlegs, egrets, Forster’s terns, sandpipers, and herons really enjoy this place.
Bonnie Coe 