Bird Watching: Happy Birthday MargaretK, 3 by linthicum

linthicum wrote:
Margaret, I'm doing fine. This nest is several hundred feet out into the Chesapeake Bay. They have been excellent parents through the years always raising two to three young. I should spend a lot more time photographing them especially once they fledge. But, I don't. They appear to often play in the water. I have never seen this behavior elsewhere. They certainly were not fishing.

Mrs, Ed, I'm not very good at identifying weeds. It could be Pokeweed but I don't recall seeing any berries. I think they planted it there to shield their young from the hot afternoon sun. Of course as it grows it begins to hinder photography efforts at the nest. Even though it is fairly close to my house, I only visited it twice this past year.