Great Blue Heron Rookery Archives - Window to Wildlife

I stopped at a Great Blue Heron rookery in SE Wisconsin to see if there were any herons present. There were about 16 active nests and there were some large chicks and some small. That tells me some were maybe late hatching or some failed earlier maybe with a storm? I saw very little of herons coming and going at this rookery but the nests had 3 and 4 chicks in each nest so maybe I arrived a little late for most of the feeding. Always fun to watch this event. These nests where a long ways off from me, so they are distant shots more less. It was a day of sunny skies but a little cloudy early. Pleasant temps around 75 degrees and some wind. Images were taken on June 3, 2026

An adult Great Blue Heron with 3 large chicks…

With one chick…

I think there were 4 smaller chicks in this nest…

Larger chicks…

I stopped at a Great Blue Heron rookery in SE Wisconsin to see if there were any herons present. There were about 12 active nests and the little chicks were getting big. The adults came and went bringing in food to the chicks, regurgitating partially digested food. Always fun to watch this event. These nests where a long ways off from me, so they are distant shots more less. It was a cloudy day, pleasant temps around 60 degrees and very little wind.