Female Great Blue Heron In Mating Plumage Original Oil Painting Stilt They build their nest in

They build their nest in dense tree with other birds nesting

lakeshores

A fledgling is a young bird that has grown enough to acquire its flight feathers and is preparing to leave the nest and care for itself

After hatching for the first 6 days both parents tend to the chicks

You can tell it is enjoying life

Female Great Blue Heron In Mating Plumage Original Oil Painting Stilt They build their nest inPainting of a majestic Great Blue Heron. Great Blue Herons are the largest heron in North America. Often seen standing silently along inland rivers, lakeshores, and coastal waters. Spotted this one across the cove standing on a neighbors tree that over hangs the water. It looked like a young one coming into its first mating season. I had not seen her on my cove before. We have a beautiful male that inhabits our cove and he usually chases other Great