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Good evening all.....
 
Today I visited Vasona for my four hour study of the Great Blue  Herons.  The 
colony has 8 nest and 25 chicks this year.... On today's visit  I was 
thrilled to see that most of the chicks have fledged. About 8 chicks  remain, but 6 
of them left the nests and came back.  I would expect that  the remaining 
chicks will be there for about 1-2 weeks more, and then the  colony of GBHE will be 
done for 2005.  
 
One big surprise is the Great Egret with bright green lores and in  wonderful 
breeding plumage adding twigs to Nest 4.  I am wondering if  this GREG will 
nest in this colony.
 
Since Vasona has netted off the bottom of the bridge, the Cliff Swallows  are 
now nesting under the walking bridge of the boat dock. A female Osprey was  
flying over the lake.  I also counted four GBHE fledglings on the island  out 
in the lake.
 
At home the Red-shouldered Hawk nestlings are getting big. Both now have  
brown feathers with a few white fluffy feathers still on the top of their  heads. 
 Thrashers, Junco's, Black-headed Grosbeaks, Finches, Oak  Titmice, 
Chickadees and Mourning Doves continue at my feeders.   The Black Phoebe nest has 
fledged three young...all feeding in the  backyard.
 
Wishing you all good birding and my best regards,
Linda Sullivan
PS Had a wonderful time today showing a class of first graders the GBHE  
chicks through my scope....what a treat to watch their  faces!
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