. The land of the hills and the glens; wild life in Iona and the Inner Hebrides . THE HERONS Six Nests in the Same Tree. THE HERONS Nearer View of the Nest£» The Glen of the Herons The eyes of the young herons are of a singularly brightyellow colour, and their skin is of a curious hue, a sort ofsmoky blue. Thus the tree of the herons was still fullyoccupied more than sixteen weeks after the first eggs werelaid—a protracted nesting season. I do not think the herons use the burn of their ownglen for their fishing, but along the banks of the sea lochthey can be seen at every s
. The land of the hills and the glens; wild life in Iona and the Inner Hebrides . THE HERONS Six Nests in the Same Tree. THE HERONS Nearer View of the Nest£» The Glen of the Herons The eyes of the young herons are of a singularly brightyellow colour, and their skin is of a curious hue, a sort ofsmoky blue. Thus the tree of the herons was still fullyoccupied more than sixteen weeks after the first eggs werelaid—a protracted nesting season. I do not think the herons use the burn of their ownglen for their fishing, but along the banks of the sea lochthey can be seen at every state of the tide as they standmotionless and expectant on the lookout for fish. Often,after dusk has fallen, I have been startled by the harsh alarmscream of the heron as, disturbed in his fishing, he hasflitted past in the twilight like a restless spirit. But it is not alone on fish that the heron feeds. In thespring, at the mating season of the frogs, he takes great tollof these clammy creatures and feasts also on their spawn :indeed, in late March every little knoll round the nestingtree is thick with half disintegrated
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