Another one from my recent trip to the Santa Rosa rookery. I love to observe how different the birds at the rookery (Great Egrets, Snowy Egrets, and Black-crowned Night Herons) behave from the same species at the LGVSD Ponds. Small wonder, though. At the rookery their business is reproduction (mating, nest-building, egg-laying, and protecting and teaching the babies). At the Ponds all they do is hunt for food. At the rookery they are very active and noisy. At the Ponds they are quiet, and sometimes don't move a muscle, waiting for their prey to appear.
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