Another wonderful adventure. Acting on directions from wonderful photographer Philip Green, Bob H and I expeditioned (?) out to the 'West 9th Street Rookery' in Santa Rosa. There, on a residential street, and next to a school, are two Eucalyptus and one Pine trees, serving as the home of dozens of Black-crowned Night-Herons and Great Egrets. A most unlikely place for a rookery! I sat on my folding chair, watching the birds, and taking pictures as they were hauling in twigs and branches, building nests in the trees for their soon-to-arrive offspring. They paid no attention to the incessant yelping of a neighborhood dog. Soon there should be more activity in those trees, with more arrivals plus newborns.
I could not help but be awed, once again, by the activity of birds. Just think how they know the time if rife to start building a nest, then flying out to pick the right twig, picking it up in their bill, flying with it to the nest, and placing it in just the right and secure spot. That's no mean undertaking!
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