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Re: GBHE-CVNP
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Tue, 12 Apr 2016 03:19:04 +0000
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I don't know for certain, but with the cold snap, perhaps some of the eggs died? Any eggs that were not being kept warm by a heron body wouldn't have made it.  I know when I had chickens, they seemed to know when turning their eggs whether one was bad or not?  Or another just a theory---when I was there last weekend, there were only a few nests that appeared occupied.  I do not know how that compares to this week.  Is it possible these are "old" eggs and they are just cleaning house?  Or a rival's eggs in an unguarded nest?    I would seem to me that once there are eggs, a parent sitting on eggs or not far from them.  As I said, all just theories extrapolated from other bird species I know more about than the herons' behaviors and patterns.
Kimba JSummit
  

      From: MikeSmith <[log in to unmask]>
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 Sent: Monday, April 11, 2016 7:40 PM
 Subject: [Ohio-birds] GBHE-CVNP
   
Odd Great Blue Heron Observation. 4-10-16
Yesterday while visiting the Bath Road heronry CVNP, I saw a heron toss an egg from one of the nests, picking the egg up with it's bill the bird dropped the egg from the nest to the ground. Searching the area under the nests with binoculars and spotting scope, at least 7 GBHE eggs could be seen on the ground. Anyone ever seen or heard of this?

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