[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]They're at the top of the tree and the top of the aquatic food chain. Grey Herons eat almost anything but mostly they prefer their food to be fish-shaped. Adults will fly up to 10km to find food for their chicks and when the parent bird returns the chicks battle one another to get the first serving. Pushing, shoving and dagger like beaks in a precarious tree top nest! It's not perfect, but it's one way to bring up your kids. The rivalry gets so intense they'll even push each other out of the nest, or eat their sibling if one should die in the nest!
Bob Ball sent us this terrific shot of a Grey Heron feeding her chicks on the nest.
Sat Apr 27, 2013 7:31 am