. Bird-lore . PERCHED ON OR ABOVE THEIR NESTS five birds came to the four-nest tree. From my vantage-point I could see farout over the forest. A few birds were sitting on their eggs, their long necksfolded over their backs, but most of them were standing in their nests or ona branch at one side or above them. They would stand thus motionless for along time, or sometimes after alighting would stand still for ten or fifteenminutes, then walk slowly down the limb to the nest, using the wings to help The Great Blue Herons of Honeoye 75 them balance. When an old bird alighted at a nest where there
. Bird-lore . PERCHED ON OR ABOVE THEIR NESTS five birds came to the four-nest tree. From my vantage-point I could see farout over the forest. A few birds were sitting on their eggs, their long necksfolded over their backs, but most of them were standing in their nests or ona branch at one side or above them. They would stand thus motionless for along time, or sometimes after alighting would stand still for ten or fifteenminutes, then walk slowly down the limb to the nest, using the wings to help The Great Blue Herons of Honeoye 75 them balance. When an old bird alighted at a nest where there were young,the young would stretch up their heads and make a great variety of gruntsand squawks, but as the old one appeared to take no notice of them theywould soon subside. I saw sixteen birds at nests at one time and many others flying about. Atone nest a pair stood on each side facing each other with the young stickingtheir heads up between them—unfortunately it was out of range of my
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