Note: I visited the nearby heron rookery yesterday and brought you these few, not good because too far away for my little Canon PowerShot, photos. I was thrilled to see the rookery; luckily for me my binoculars brought me closer than my camera could. I have brought you as close as I can. I beg OceanDiver’s indulgence. Sometimes I just get so excited I want to share!
It was breakfast time in the rookery, about 8 a.m. Parents in two or three nests were flying out and back steadily. One nest, in the middle, seemed particularly demanding. I could not get good shots of the restaurant runs but here’s what I did get.
The parents flew mostly to the nearby marsh or wetlands (not sure what it is officially but it has cattails and one or two beaver dams) while at least one parent flew in the other direction to the nearby lake where the fishing is good.
The area is this far off the busy highway, a line of trees behind open fields and a house or two. You can see the line of trees housing the rookery in the background across the marshy area and the field; this was taken, as all of them were, from the highway.
Here’s the top of the four trees with the most nests.
There are nests here, and here, and here, and here. And a couple more tucked in behind I think. Given the local birders’ interest, this may be the first year for this rookery.