Today in the late afternoon when the adult heron stood up in the nest I finally spotted movement near the base of the nest of a very small nestling. This was visible as movement near the adult through the breaks in the twig nest. It appeared the young bird was righting itself and then settled down. The appearance of young is right on time and if all goes well fledging should happen around the first week of August plus or minus one week based on 'The Birds of North America' online subscription site.
Some new links have been added to the Governors Island wiki: http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Governors+Island Ben Cacace Manhattan, NYC -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
