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Hatchling Update!

We checked on the Tri-Colored Heron nest on Indigo Trail this morning.  When we arrived, the Mom (or Dad) stood up and poked around in the nest.  The baby was putting up a real fuss like it was starving.  Then, the parent regurgitated a bunch small fish for the baby chick.  So, we were able to watch it feed.  I took a lot of photos and it was only in a couple near the end, you can see another chick.  You can see one egg still in the nest, too.  I hope the second chick is ok, since it must have moved around to get into only a couple of the pics.  Hopefully, it had already eaten and just wasn't hungry?  

Mommmmmmmmmy, I have a fish in my eye!!  Get it out!!!

Look under the chick and you'll see the face of another.  I really hope it is ok.  Time will tell, I suppose.