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Green Herons are seasonally monogamous. The pairs form in the breeding range, after an intense courtship display by the males, who select the nesting sites and fly in front of the female noisily and with puffed-up head and neck plumage. They nest in forest and swamp patches, over water or in plants near water. Nests are a platform of sticks, often in shrubs or trees, sometimes on the ground. Locations in trees are preferred, with some nests built 20 meters off the ground; heights of several meters above ground are more common though. Rarely, large numbers of these birds congregate in heronries for nesting. The clutch is usually 2-6 pale green eggs, which are laid in 2-day intervals (though the second egg may be laid up to 6 days later than the first).] After the last egg has been laid, both parents incubate for about 19–21 days until hatching, and feed the young birds. The frequency of feedings decreases as the offspring near fledging. The young sometimes start to leave the nest at 16 days of age, but are not fully fledged and able to fend for themselves until 30–35 days old. Sometimes - particularly in the tropical parts of its range - the Green Heron breeds twice a year
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You are Welcome! I sincerely wish that all 3 make it. Yesterday ,a parent Heron returned with a fish and all hell broke loose! I see both the parents working very hard to feed these fledglings.I have several pics of them fishing.
Thanks for letting me know about the young herons! Wonderful to see successful nesting. Also great job in recording it!
I added 2 pics of the recently born green heron chicks( 3) Other pics are of an heron sitting in the nest ,incubating eggs. I saw a heron for almost 3 weeks. Today , i saw the babies.
Thanks, bird lady!
It's such a special gift to find a bird on its nest or even building a nest! Congrats.
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BTW thank you so much for your comments.
Me and my walking buddy are observing this nest and in about another 2 weeks there will be fledglings.
Beautiful Emma,great info,lovely birds :)
added another picture.
Since both parents incubate,i am not sure if this is male or female in nest. i saw another green heron nearby ,fishing.