Yesterday, we had a successful trip through Ding. The baby chicks in the nests near the Indigo Trail boardwalk are growing so fast! Just one week and look how much the Anhinga baby chicks changed!
I love the tiny little wings that will grow so much!
One of the Yellow-Crowned Night Heron eggs had a pip in it yesterday morning. I hope to check the nest again in a day or so.
The Little Green Heron below is one of the parents in the Little Green Heron nest. We were lucky to get to watch a changing of the guard and feeding by one of the parents. There are three adorable little baby chicks in their nest!
First, the parent on the nest stood up and moved aside for the other one coming in to feed the little hungry babies.
At first, it appeared there were two chicks, but when the parent moved over, there were three little hungry monkeys waiting for food.
I found it interesting that the Little Green Heron parent places its beak in the baby chick’s mouth. The Anhinga baby chick puts its head down the parent’s throat to get fed.
These little chicks were very hungry and aggressive. One seemed to get more than the others at this feeding.
I think the parent was going out the back of one head into the mouth of the chick behind it! Ha!
Hey, how about you? Do you have any food for me?
They still seemed hungry after the feeding.
The way the sun came through the trees onto the Tri-Colored Heron below that was standing in the shade made it appear very blue.
We watched the tagged Reddish Egret that we usually see searching for food at this same spot along the drive.
There was also a juvenile Tri-Colored Heron nearby at the same area along Wildlife Drive.