ON MY MORNING WALK: The Heron Project, Part II For me, Valentine’s Day this year held a special treat. While looking for goldeneye and bufflehead ducks to photograph at “Walden,” I quite by accident met up with a great blue heron, directly above my head, looking for sticks with which to build a nest. (See https://morningwalkphoto.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-heron-project-part-1.html ). I watched him for a long while until he flew off to the top of a tree located on a small island in “Walden,” and his mate, with his load of sticks. I was excited to say the least at what I had seen and was looking forward to photographing them through at least the spring. But the rest of February and early March were tough, with very cold temperatures and more importantly, several severe storms that brought high winds, toppling trees, and local flooding to the “Walden” area. The beginnings of the nest and indeed the great heron coup...