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Old 15-05-2006, 03:11 PM
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Re: Baby Birds

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Originally Posted by Imaginos
Herons usually start breeding early to mid-february, so it's actually pretty late!
Yeah just checked the date on my field notes and it was the 7th. I just remembered being a bit suprised after the survey and checking the breeding dates. I did some heronry watching for a couple of years in south wales and it still seemed early, allowing for 4 weeks inclubation and fledging after forty odd days it seemed pretty tight!!
S/he was still fluffy around the edges with quite a short beak quite stumpy looking all round bless it!
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