Great Egret Chicks...

[Clark]

... taste like chicken.



























Friday night, a couple of weeks ago.

This Great Blue Heron was all business.
Eating the competition. One, by one.

Afterwards, we went to Fuddruckers. Really yummy burgers.
And they honored happy hour, far past the normal time for us.
Bottles of beer were a dollar per.

Thank you.



btw, that is a Cattle Egret in forground.
The eggs are blue, and have yet to hatch.

 

[Tom499]

Great photos!

 

[Hera]

That was so wrong on so many levels.

 

[Ray]

Afterwards, we went to Fuddruckers. Really yummy burgers.

Eating the competition?

 

[Shiva]

Everybody's got to eat. For me, I'll be satisfied eating up your pics on the forum.

 

[biothanasis]

Great shots!!! Nature is.....!

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

Wow, what a wonderful way to exit the world, and so perfectly captured in pixels for all time. You're our new natural world paparazzi - what's next, blue bird males cheating on their nest mates, alligators chomping innocent gallinules... I can't wait!

Nice shots, but something more Disneyesque please!

 

[John M]

That's kind of upsetting. I like Great Blue Herons a lot less now.

 

[SlipperFan]

I used to like them (they are beautiful birds!), until they started eating our Koi.

 

[Yoyo_Jo]

Great shots Clark! But yikes, I had no idea a heron would eat other birds. Fish yes, but another of his kind? Gross

 

[NYEric]

Everything is food. Thanks for posting.

 

[Ruth]

I used to like them (they are beautiful birds!), until they started eating our Koi.

Totally agree!

 

[Candace]

Beautiful photos of some nasty business.

 

[Clark]

About these Great Egrets-
Lays three eggs. Whoever hatches first, has advantage. Size matters within the nest.
As we have witnessed, when the parent is out chasing food, the larger chicks attack the runt. They use their bills as weapons, and pummel the smaller sib.
The nest is only so big. There is no place to hide.
Eventually, the runt, in an effort to escape, falls out of the nest.
The alligators are waiting below...

Thank you.

 

[John M]

You have aligators in NJ?

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

You have aligators in NJ?

Nah, you can only find them in the NYC sewer system :rollhappy:

 

[Clark]

No, and we don't have Florida Scrub Jay either.

 

[Ruth]

The alligators are waiting below...

Or Great Blue Herons

 

[John M]

Nah, you can only find them in the NYC sewer system :rollhappy:

.....And in residential backyards in Brampton, Ontario. An aligator was found cruising through someone's property just outside of Toronto, last week! http://http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2012/05/23/brampton-aligator.html

 

[NYEric]

Strange visitor. BTW, If an aligator had you in its jaws I'd poke it with a stick to let you go!