{"id":48416,"date":"2016-12-13T00:16:15","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T16:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/?p=48416"},"modified":"2023-06-24T17:13:12","modified_gmt":"2023-06-24T09:13:12","slug":"grey-heron-feeding-juveniles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/2016\/12\/13\/grey-heron-feeding-juveniles\/","title":{"rendered":"Grey Heron \u2013 feeding juveniles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/HeronGr-feed-jv-AmarSingh-1.jpg\" alt=\"HeronGr-feed jv [AmarSingh]\" width=\"590\" height=\"505\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-48417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/HeronGr-feed-jv-AmarSingh-1.jpg 590w, https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/HeronGr-feed-jv-AmarSingh-1-300x257.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the same site as the Purple Herons (<em>Ardea purpurea manilensis<\/em>) \u2026LINK, one set of Grey Heron (<em>Ardea cinerea<\/em>) parents were also feeding a pair of juveniles. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgain it was a chaotic, violent activity with juveniles aggressively demanding feeds by reaching up and grabbing the parent\u2019s beak. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/HeronGr-feed-jv-AmarSingh-2.jpg\" alt=\"HeronGr-feed jv [AmarSingh]\" width=\"590\" height=\"505\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-48418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/HeronGr-feed-jv-AmarSingh-2.jpg 590w, https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/HeronGr-feed-jv-AmarSingh-2-300x257.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgain adult birds were all fluffed up (hackles raised). <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/HeronGr-feed-jv-AmarSingh.jpg\" alt=\"HeronGr-feed jv [AmarSingh]\" width=\"590\" height=\"508\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-48419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/HeronGr-feed-jv-AmarSingh.jpg 590w, https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/HeronGr-feed-jv-AmarSingh-300x258.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOften nictating membranes were deployed to protect eyes but I can easily see some degree of damage from such a forceful activity. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/HeronGr-feed-jv-AmarSingh-3.jpg\" alt=\"HeronGr-feed jv [AmarSingh]\" width=\"590\" height=\"433\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-48420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/HeronGr-feed-jv-AmarSingh-3.jpg 590w, https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/HeronGr-feed-jv-AmarSingh-3-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI missed recording a video of actual feeding but here is a short handheld video of the juveniles and one adult. Note that the juveniles also had some degree of conflict (second half of video).<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"590\" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gOP3BIjVb6Q\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/2010\/03\/11\/dato%E2%80%99-dr-amar-singh-hss-%E2%80%93-birdwatcher-extraordinarie\/\">Dato\u2019 Dr Amar-Singh HSS<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nIpoh, Perak, Malaysia<br \/>\n4th November 2016<\/p>\n<p>Location: Tambun, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia<br \/>\nHabitat: Secondary growth near limestone hills<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAt the same site as the Purple Herons (Ardea purpurea manilensis) \u2026LINK, one set of Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) parents were also feeding a pair of juveniles. \u201cAgain it was a chaotic, violent activity with juveniles aggressively demanding feeds by reaching up and grabbing the parent\u2019s beak. \u201cAgain adult birds were all fluffed up (hackles [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":48417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,57,98],"tags":[294],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48416"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}