Wild Bird Rescue, Inc., serves twelve Texas counties by receiving birds from Texas Parks and Wildlife, Animal Control, Humane Societies, Police Departments, Sheriff's Departments, area businesses, and concerned individuals. We have received over 8,500 birds since the year 2001. We rescue wild birds, rehabilitate them, and then release them back into the wild.



Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Great Blue Herons


Does this look like a Great Blue Heron? Monday I was on the front deck and 8 or 9 Great Blue Herons flushed from the cove in front of the Rescue Center. GB Herons have a deep growlie-gargalie-harsh call (hard to describe). Two of the Herons circled the cove over and over again with continuous calls. I have never observed this behavior before so I was quite enthralled with their behavior. Each circle took them East and as they circled over the end of the cove I saw a bobcat walk up the boat ramp. Evidently, he had been hunting the shore line and startled the flock of Herons. The two I watched decided they would escort him out of sight. He crossed over the lot East of the Rescue center. As long as he stayed next to the fence, the Herons simply circled and voiced their opinion. If he made a move away from the fence the Herons would swoop down at him. I know during mating season Heron's will be very defensive of their nesting area. Until Monday, I never realized they would drive off predators like they did the bobcat. That's a good thing working with and/or observing wildlife, you will always learn something new!

Above is a picture of a bobcat I took in November of 2007 here at the Rescue Center.
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