Young Blue Heron

[larryj]

This juvenile blue heron fell from the nest and did not know how to properly use his wings. It was a sad sight watching him being so lost in his effort to use his wings in any useful manner. A few minutes after this he approached his mother a tried to get her to feed him. He did not know there was a life time of food swimming in the water below him! She flew up to the nest where there were 4 additional juvenile birds read to fly.
It is common for the adults to stop feeding the juvenile birds in the nest when they are ready to fly. They went after her for food and she flew away. The 4 juvenile herons flew from the nest later that day. I do not know what happened to the bird in this photo, I did not see it later this day.

 

[AlanLichty]

I have to guess they learn in a hurry at this stage or become lunch for someone else. A distinctly ungainly pose.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Good to catch this example of life the tough lane

 

[JimFox]

That's pretty tough Larry. Hopefully the bird turned out okay.

A good capture of it's situation.

 

[Alisa]

Very nice! I love the facial expression and the mohawk on his head.

 

[Jeffrey]

What a story. Nice image.

 

[MonikaC]

Great story and capture of an gawky young one!

 

[larryj]

Very nice! I love the facial expression and the mohawk on his head.

Thanks for the comments MonikaC. That is what caught my eye, the wild look of desperation on his face and his inability to properly use his wings. The mohawk hair added to the look! Glad you liked it!