Green Heron Mother Original Oil Painting FL A fledgling is a young

A fledgling is a young bird that has grown enough to acquire its flight feathers and is preparing to leave the nest and care for itself

so stately

They nest in colonies with egrets

They’ve learned to adapt to the coastal development often nesting on dredge spoil islands

Green Heron Mother Original Oil Painting FL A fledgling is a youngOriginal Oil Painting of Green Heron Mother. This small heron is solitary most season and often somewhat secretive. Seen in the open, it often flicks its tail nervously, raises and lowers it crest. It is a striking bird with a velvet green back, chestnut body and a dark cap often raised into a short crest. I was fortunate the summer of 2020 to have a pair lay their eggs in my backyard. First I found two eggs on the ground, then they disappeared. Over