Green Heron on Nest

by Dawn Currie

Title

Green Heron on Nest

Artist

Dawn Currie

Medium

Photograph - Digital

Description

Photographic art by Dawn Currie. Green Heron on alert as she sits on her nest in the T.M. Goodwin Waterfowl Management Area in near Fellsmere, Florida.

Awards and PSA International Exhibitions:
- Georgia Southern Circuit, GASO 2018, Atlanta Salon
- Georgia Southern Circuit, GASO 2018, Tate Salon

Featured on Fine Art America/Pixels:
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- Animal Photographs
- Birds In Focus
- Coastal Water Birds-Shore Birds
- FAA Portraits - Birds
- Florida - Images of the Sunshine State
- Lady Photographers And Artists
- Photography And Nature 101
- Pure Nature Photography
- Wild Birds of the World
- Wildlife

Typical nesting behavior for the Green Heron (Butorides virescens) has the male taking the lead. The male selects a secluded site within his territory with overhanging branches to conceal the nest, usually on or over the water. The male begins building the nest before pairing up to breed, but afterward passes off most of the construction to his mate. As the male gathers long, thin sticks, the female shapes them into a nest 8–12 inches across, with a shallow depression averaging less than 2 inches deep. The nest varies from solid to flimsy, and has no lining. Both the male and female brood and feed the chicks, which may stay with their parents for more than a month after leaving the nest, as they learn to forage.

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June 19th, 2018

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