It rained in the early morning and the sky was still dark and heavy. Before another rain, I walked around the lake quickly. Half of the waiting area for the divers beside the Landing House was under water.
I saw a Yellow-Crowned-Night Heron chasing away another Yellow-Crowned-Night Heron when I walked through the covered boardwalk entrance. One of them escaped toward the river, and the bird turned around and flew back on the rail at the boardwalk. It was the one dot Yellow-Crowned-Night Heron. There are at least three Yellow-Crowned-Night Herons in this lake now. I was hoping that they could share the lake peacefully.
I heard the voices of the two Great Blue Herons who appeared from the river area, flying high over the feeding area, above the Swiss Sky Ride, to the Landing House area, and disappear toward the Glass Bottom Boat dock. I saw three of them flying at the river area yesterday. I thought that one of them might be a juvenile. Was this flight a test flight? The parents Great Blue Herons were teaching the flight skills to their young? It was an impressive sight to see these big birds flying around together.
I saw more Green Herons in the wetland this morning. Especially, two Green Herons who acted as if they were juveniles. They were walking on the rail, and one of them slipped one leg from the rail. The rail is a metal round pipe, and east to slip off if a bird is not used to walking on it. The bird quickly caught its balance, walked carefully a few more steps, and caught a resting dragonfly.
The juvenile Green Herons played a game with me. When I approached them, they flew about 10 or 15 feet ahead of me watching me coming, and as I walked near them, they flew ahead of me again.
I walked toward the Landing House surprised to see a huge Nutria under the Bold Cypress tree, the spot where the Chinese Domestic Geese usually rest. As the Nutria was on the land, I could see its whole huge body, especially its bulging tummy. The Nutria saw me coming, and slowly walked down to the water.
I was happy to see that the young Yellow-Crowned-Night Heron which was busy hunting at the corner of the diving facility, at the end of the barrier. I wondered how these Yellow-Crowned-Night Herons would share the lake.
The flowers of the Century Plant are growing much taller than yesterday. As the flowers continue to grow, the long, thick stalk keeps leaning more towards the lake.
A Blue-Throated Hummingbird and several bees were busily collecting honey from the flowers of Century Plant. I noticed that the Blue-Throated Hummingbird disappeared into the branches of the Bold Cypress tree from time to time. I wondered whether the bird’s nest was there or just that the bird needed to take a rest.
The rain started. On the way out from Spring Lake, I saw a deer grazing at the right side of Golf course.
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