{"id":15815,"date":"2015-04-12T21:10:21","date_gmt":"2015-04-13T02:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=15815"},"modified":"2015-04-12T21:35:08","modified_gmt":"2015-04-13T02:35:08","slug":"rebuilding-destroyed-nest-and-loving-bonds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=15815","title":{"rendered":"REBUILDING DESTROYED NEST AND LOVING BONDS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-007-uncut-1200.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15822\" title=\"rebuilding 007 uncut 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-007-uncut-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-007-uncut-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-007-uncut-480-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Male Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Brings Branch to Rebuild Destroyed Nest<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-align: justify;\">A great blue heron pair flew back to the Marion rookery yesterday, April 11th. As we noted in earlier postings (See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=15662\" target=\"_blank\">Great Blue Herons Return to Rookery<\/a>), winter storms completely destroyed last year&#8217;s nests. So, this heron couple has begun to rebuild their nest from scratch. \u00c2\u00a0With the placement of each new twig and branch on the nest, they reinforce their loving bonds. Nest building is exquisite in the delicate beauty of its aerial ballet, and tender interactions between the heron pair are more than a little moving.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P2FwMZkGnMw\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Montage of Great Blue \u00c2\u00a0Heron Nesting Rebuilding<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/P2FwMZkGnMw\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>IF YOU HAVE AN iPAD &amp; CAN&#8217;T SEE THE VIDEO, CLICK HERE.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We present the entire sequence in still imagery below. \u00c2\u00a0Each photograph can be clicked for a high resolution version. \u00c2\u00a0Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-001.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15818\" title=\"rebuilding 001 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-001-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-001-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-001-480-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Female Great Blue Heron Awaits Return of Male<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-003.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15820\" title=\"rebuilding 003 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-003-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-003-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-003-480-300x275.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Male Great Blue Heron Collects Branch for Nest Rebuilding<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-004.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15837\" title=\"rebuilding 004 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-004-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-004-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-004-480-280x300.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Male Great Blue Heron\u00c2\u00a0<em><strong>(Ardea herodias)<\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-006.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15839\" title=\"rebuilding 006 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-006-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-006-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-006-480-293x300.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Male Great Blue Heron\u00c2\u00a0<em><strong>(Ardea herodias) Returns to Nest<\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-007-uncut-1200.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15822\" title=\"rebuilding 007 uncut 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-007-uncut-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-007-uncut-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-007-uncut-480-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Female Great Blue Heron Greets Returning Male<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-008-uncut-1200.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15840\" title=\"rebuilding 008 uncut 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-008-uncut-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-008-uncut-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-008-uncut-480-300x260.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>Male Great Blue Heron Returns to Nest with Branch<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">REBUILDING NEST, REINFORCING BONDS<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-009.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15842\" title=\"rebuilding 009 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-009-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-009-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-009-480-300x248.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-010.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15824\" title=\"rebuilding 010 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-010-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-010-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-010-480-300x246.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-011.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15826\" title=\"rebuilding 011 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-011-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-011-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-011-480-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-012.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15845\" title=\"rebuilding 012 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-012-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-012-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-012-480-300x234.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-013.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15847\" title=\"rebuilding 013 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-013-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-013-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-013-480-300x234.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-014.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15828\" title=\"rebuilding 014 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-014-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-014-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-014-480-300x239.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-015.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15848\" title=\"rebuilding 015 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-015-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-015-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-015-480-300x239.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-016.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15850\" title=\"rebuilding 016 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-016-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-016-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-016-480-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-017.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15830\" title=\"rebuilding 017 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-017-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-017-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-017-480-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-018.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15832\" title=\"rebuilding 018 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-018-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-018-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-018-480-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-019.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15853\" title=\"rebuilding 019 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-019-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-019-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-019-480-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-020.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15855\" title=\"rebuilding 020 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-020-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-020-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-020-480-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-021.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15834\" title=\"rebuilding 021 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-021-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-021-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-021-480-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-022.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15856\" title=\"rebuilding 022 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-022-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-022-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/rebuilding-022-480-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Female (Left) and Male Great Blue Heron\u00c2\u00a0<em><strong>(Ardea herodias)<\/strong><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0Rebuild Storm Destroyed Nest<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Each image can be clicked for a high resolution version in a new window.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Male Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Brings Branch to Rebuild Destroyed Nest A great blue heron pair flew back to the Marion rookery yesterday, April 11th. As we noted in earlier postings (See Great Blue Herons Return to Rookery), winter storms completely destroyed last year&#8217;s nests. So, this heron couple has begun to rebuild their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[654,402,826],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15815"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15815"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15879,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15815\/revisions\/15879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}