Venice rookery seems to be doing OK this year, not what it once was for sure. Most of the Mangrove Trees are gone, taken over by the invasive African Pepper. I am told that some group tried some sort of “intervention” or something and it appears a good bit of the foliage in the center of the island is no longer there.
Anyway here is one of the resident Great Blue’s heading back with a bit of nesting material.
Meet and greet with two chicks in the nest
Great white egret gathering nesting material
