Alligator Farm - Part 2 Tri-Colored Babies

Posted on Tuesday, May 29, 2007 at 6:52 PM - Post Comment

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I heard someone say..."It sure is an ugly little thing!"  I thought to myself...yes, that's probably a face only a mother could love - and since I'm a mom - I LOVE IT!

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There were mamas and nests and babies everywhere.  Some were very close to the walkway, but unfortunately, because the nests are in trees - there were branches always in the way!  LOL!  Between the people and the branches - getting a clear shot was almost impossible, but I did manage to get a few.

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One of the first nests we came across was this one with the Tri-Colored Heron mama sitting.  She stood up...then laid back down.  When she stood, we were able to see she had one baby and two eggs.  She stood and laid back down several times and the last time she stood, she starting throwing egg shells out of the nest!  The second baby had hatched!!

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There were so many people crowded around to watch, I missed getting pictures of her throwing out the egg.  People kept bumping me and the pictures didn't come out.  After she threw out the egg, she laid back down.  Then she stood back up, messed with the egg some more, then laid back down.

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When she stood up again, the third egg was beginning to hatch.  By this time, the crowd was larger and trying to shoot anything was pointless...besides, there were many more nests to check!

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Just a very short distance away from the first nest - where the crowd was still gathered, we came across this good Tri-Colored Heron mama.  She had her wings spread and we think it was probably to shade her babies.  When she stood up...

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....I got a clear shot at this precious little thing!

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Just a short distance away were the only three nesting Little Blue Herons I saw that day.  One had three eggs...

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...one had small babies...

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...and the last had bigger babies!

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Next entry coming soon.....Snowy Egrets!