By Nick Kotula, JRA Guest Contributor
Perched high above the bustling metropolis I sit and
wait. Armed with fancy electronic gear
(where does he get these wonderful toys?) I watch. I am the hero that Richmond deserves…
Ok, maybe I’m not Batman; but it is fun to pretend. (The mask and cape might have been a little
much, though.) I promised you some
better pictures of the GBH nests, and I hope you will agree that I have
delivered!
At about four weeks, mom and dad will start to leave the
chicks alone in the nests while they go hunting. We seem to be at that point right about now. So counting back four weeks, it would appear
that these chicks were born right around the beginning of April. I would like to take this opportunity to point
out that I rock!
So what do we have to look forward to? In about three weeks the chicks should first
start leaving the nests to hop around in the surrounding trees. Give them another week and they should start
taking to the air. At twelve weeks old
the parents are going to start leaving the heronry to return to their regularly
scheduled solitary lives. The babies
will head out soon after to return next year and start this whole circle of
life thing all over again. (I have
images of a monkey holding up a baby GBH while Elton John is singing now.)
If my predictions hold true, we have about another eight
weeks of heronry updates ahead of us.
Also, flying cars… (Hey, I can
hope.)
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