Great Blue Herons at a Nest Reacting to a Red-Tailed Hawk in a Nearby Nest : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Great Blue Herons at a Nest Reacting to a Red-Tailed Hawk in a Nearby Nest / nature80020
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示 2.1 |
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| 説明 | For the past couple of weeks a few great blue herons have been acting very interested in the two nests in the rookery trees at Metzger Farm Open Space in Westminster and Broomfield, Colorado. Males arrive first and select a nest and then interested females come and stand near the nest. These two had been doing that for a couple of days when this red-tailed hawk landed in the nearby nest, apparently checking it out as a possible nest site. The herons appear to be reacting with indignation. The hawk soon left but sat in a tree nearby, apparently still considering the nest.There were three active nests in the heron rookery last year (2019), but one blew down over the winter, leaving only two existing nests at the beginning of the season in 2020.The pair of great horned owls that have had a nest in or near the heron rookery in recent years do not have a nest near the rookery this year. Their nest location in currently unknown. That is good for the heron rookery because the owls have sometimes chased the herons away.Photograph by Jim Kennedy To see the photos organized to tell the stories of what has been happening for the hawks, herons, turtles, snakes, and other wildlife and plants at or near Metzger Farm Open Space, go to www.flickr.com/photos/nature80020/sets/ |
| 撮影日 | 2020-03-06 12:54:40 |
| 撮影者 | nature80020 |
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| カメラ | DSC-RX10M4 , SONY |
| 露出 | 0.001 sec (1/1000) |
| 開放F値 | f/6.3 |