Took a walk around Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park this morning.
The great blue heron babies are fledging from their treetop nests! Tall, gangly they stand up and flap vigorously and jump. A few precocious ones are taking short tree-hopping flights then returning to the nests so they will be ready when mom and dad bring home the gophers for them. YUM!
There were also goslings and ducklings., and lots of Brewers blackbird fledglings doing the "feed me! feed me!" posture and noise. Some piedbill grebes were acting like maybe they were guarding a hidden nest, but no babies in sight. Lots of robins and sparrows singing.
And our poor hawks are still under siege by the crows and ravens.