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| Green Heron at Lily Lake, Golden Gate Park |
The young green heron at Lily Lake has been developing its adult plumage, but it isn't quite there yet. I hadn't seen this heron in a while and wondered if the green heron at Blue Heron Lake, which shows adult plumage, was this bird all grown up. It appears they are two different birds, though, and my new questions are whether the adult is going to hang around at Blue Heron Lake, whether it will find (or has already found) a breeding partner, and whether the heron above is its offspring from a previous season.
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| The heron likes to hunt from a mat of aquatic plants near the lake's northern edges. |
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| The heron moved around as if in pursuit of possible prey, but I only saw it make a single strike in about 20 minutes of watching. |
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| Very low tide, around -0.3 feet, when I was at Ocean Beach late this morning. |
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| Kelly's Cove had a nice little break for the first time in quite a while. |
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| Another gorgeous day in San Francisco! |
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