Nesting Snowy Egret
West 9th Street Rookery is one site that we keep returning to. The Egrets are nesting now, as this one was sitting on its nest. We can’t wait for the chicks to hatch ! We will continue to visit and hopefully post some chicks soon. The male starts working on a nest before finding a mate. Then the female takes over and ends up doing most of the nest building, with materials supplied by the male. The nest is a shallow oval of loosely woven twigs, small sticks, grasses, sedges, rushes, and Spanish moss, about 14–18 inches across and 8–13 inches high.
Nesting Snowy Egret
West 9th Street Rookery is one site that we keep returning to. The Egrets are nesting now, as this one was sitting on its nest. We can’t wait for the chicks to hatch ! We will continue to visit and hopefully post some chicks soon. The male starts working on a nest before finding a mate. Then the female takes over and ends up doing most of the nest building, with materials supplied by the male. The nest is a shallow oval of loosely woven twigs, small sticks, grasses, sedges, rushes, and Spanish moss, about 14–18 inches across and 8–13 inches high.