Birds of southeast Texas in photos

We went back by the heron-egret rookery this afternoon. The male herons were a bit more protective than last week. Two of them flew by and growled. They growl like swans or dogs do but much louder.

Some of the young male herons were play fighting in the nests and growling at each other. I could hear them from more than a 100′ away.

The baby egrets are loosing their baby feathers for real feathers and many of them were taking short flights.