{"id":2564,"date":"2022-02-16T17:06:45","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T23:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatblueheronrv.ca\/?page_id=2564"},"modified":"2022-02-16T17:37:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T23:37:50","slug":"great-blue-heron-couple-builds-a-nest","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/greatblueheronrv.ca\/?page_id=2564","title":{"rendered":"Great Blue Heron couple &#8230;builds a nest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/greatblueheronrv.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/two_birds-2022.jpg\" alt=\"Great Blue Heron couple builds a nest\" class=\"wp-image-2540\" width=\"950\" height=\"633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greatblueheronrv.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/two_birds-2022.jpg 950w, https:\/\/greatblueheronrv.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/two_birds-2022-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/greatblueheronrv.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/two_birds-2022-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/greatblueheronrv.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/two_birds-2022-140x94.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Great Blue Herons are large magnificent birds. They return to Saskatchewan after  winter, usually in March. They breed in colonies of 5 to 500 birds and build nests in trees close to water, swamps or lakes. &nbsp;Great Blue Herons build a large bulky stick-nest that they reuse for several years. &nbsp;While they are socially monogamous within a single breeding season, most males choose a different nest and a new mate each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Great Blue Heron females lay about three to six pale blue eggs between March and April and raise only one brood of chicks each year. &nbsp; Both parents help with incubation of the eggs and feeding of the hungry brood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Great Blue Heron chicks&nbsp;nest with their parents for approximately 55 days before they take flight, and after becoming airborne &nbsp;travel with the colony to foraging grounds returning to the nest for another three weeks and sometimes even till the end of the season. &nbsp;Younger birds &nbsp;are not as good at catching fish as the adult birds are so they remain somewhat dependent for a season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are lucky, you may spot a Great Blue Heron while camping in Northern Saskatchewan this summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo taken by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greglasley.net\">Greg Lasley, Wildlife Photographer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great Blue Herons are large magnificent birds. They return to Saskatchewan after winter, usually in March. They breed in colonies of 5 to 500 birds and build nests in trees close to water, swamps or lakes. &nbsp;Great Blue Herons build a large bulky stick-nest that they reuse for several years. &nbsp;While they are socially monogamous [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2540,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greatblueheronrv.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2564"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greatblueheronrv.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greatblueheronrv.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greatblueheronrv.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greatblueheronrv.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2564"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/greatblueheronrv.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2576,"href":"https:\/\/greatblueheronrv.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2564\/revisions\/2576"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greatblueheronrv.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greatblueheronrv.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}