This Green Heron (Butorides virescens) chick recently hatched at Kalkar Quarry. Its plumage will shift as an adult, and it will get somewhat larger. This chick spent the first 2-3 weeks of life helpless in the nest, flying away by about the 3rd week of life. Thus, this bird might be 1-2 months old.

Photo by Grant Pogson

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