Bird Watching: "On the Waterfront" - Part 4, 1 by linthicum

linthicum wrote:
Thanks, everyone.

Chick Alert !!!! - One of the two Bald Eagle eggs have hatched late this afternoon, pretty much on schedule. Here is a link if you wish to see a photo. Click where it says "we have our first eaglet of 2010".

http://www.friendsofblackwater.org/camhtm2.html

It was very interesting to watch the Great Blue Heron's behavior for several minutes. He held the fish for some time and then put it back into the water and allowed it to lay there for several seconds. He kept an eye on it and eventually brought it back out of the water. I took my eye off of him to shoot some photos of Snow Geese flying overhead but when I turned around, he was gone.