Excitement on Arnold Lane

Around 8 p.m. on Monday, July 6th, Sarah, Dustin, and Helen of Add Drive alerted us to a large bird up high in an Arnold Lane tree. Upon initial inspection we thought it may be a bittern, but doubts circled as bitterns are a marshy bird and not usually found high in tree tops.
After a little research we concluded that the bird perched up on a snag over Arnold Lane was a juvenile Green Heron.

This time of year there are lots of young birds fully fledged from their nests and the Green Heron is no exception.

This youngster gave us quite a display in the meager setting sunlight through the rain clouds. He stretched his wing and neck, looked all around.

Beautiful stripes and pointy crest.

More wing stretching before flying off in the direction of Woodley Pool, where we suspect he may have a membership and was seeking a place to wade :)