Birth Announcement - Good news at last.

Upper Lobe Green Herons proudly announce the birth of their three new hatchlings. Parents request visitors stay on the paved path or watch from the east side of the Lobe where great views inside the nest can be found.


The chicks most likely hatched on Thursday. The best time to see the chicks is when they are being feed. Saturday when this picture was taken, both parents left for 40 minutes, leaving nothing to see. Upon their return there was lots of activity and great views of the chicks.

Note from Marie: This announcement was sent in by a regular correspondent and park birdwatcher who prefers to be anonymous. According to my records, this is the eleventh consecutive year that Green Herons have nested at the Upper Lobe. The year of the Green Heron nest I wrote about in Red-Tails in Love [in the chapter called Baby Magic -- p. 123] was 1994, the second year Pale Male and his mate nested in the Fifth Avenue nest.