. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 196 BIRDS OF AiMERICA parentlv they do not associate in colonies with other Herons, hut always form their own village. In Hillsboro County, Florida, some years ago, I waded out in a large pond thickly grown with trees through the foliage of which the sun rarely. Photo by H. M. Lainj^ Courtesy ol Outing Pub. Co. NOT SINGING, BUT HUNGRY Young Night Herons pierced to the dark scum-water beneath. The object of my venture was to discover whetlier any Egrets were breeding among a company of 1 lerons, whose squawks told me they were nesting in the trees su
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 196 BIRDS OF AiMERICA parentlv they do not associate in colonies with other Herons, hut always form their own village. In Hillsboro County, Florida, some years ago, I waded out in a large pond thickly grown with trees through the foliage of which the sun rarely. Photo by H. M. Lainj^ Courtesy ol Outing Pub. Co. NOT SINGING, BUT HUNGRY Young Night Herons pierced to the dark scum-water beneath. The object of my venture was to discover whetlier any Egrets were breeding among a company of 1 lerons, whose squawks told me they were nesting in the trees surrounding an open place in the center of the pond. Submerged logs, fallen limbs and aquatic moss made the going difficult. The place was infested with water-moccasins and alligators, and the nervous strain soon began to tell. Upon reaching a point perhaps sixty yards from shore where the water and slime was breast deep, I was startled beyond all description by a sudden hoarse cry and heavy flapping directly overhead. Unknowingly I had waded into the midst of a colony of Yellow-crowned Night Herons. While occupying the same pond with the other Herons, they were at least two hundred feet from the nearest nest of any other species. Before leaving I counted sixteen nests, all of which appeared to be occupied. These birds are supposed to feed largely upon mussels and crawfish and along the coast many small crabs are consumed. They retire to the far south in the autumn and do not reappear in the northern part of their range until March. After the nesting season many of the young wander far inland and in North Carolina I have seen them during the month of August more than two hundred miles from the coast. T. Gilbert Pe.\rson. X ,x â -â â ^.^>, tr^i^- '^* Photo by S. N. Leek NEST OF GREAT BLUE HERON Showing the four bluish eggs. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of
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