That's A Lot of Bird Poop
I saw this in the street yesterday in front of our house and immediately started wondering - what the heck is going on in the tree above that splotch?
I couldn't get a good photo of it, but there's a nest of green herons directly above. The three chicks were all standing on branches when I discovered them, downy and actually pretty big, with their mother on a nearby branch, but once they realized I was continuing to be there, the mother flew to a different tree and the chicks settled back into their nest.
Posted by PSoTD on
Friday July 4, 2008 at 8:19am |
Ahem. Common nickname for green heron is "shitepoke" or, yeah, "shipoke." Like the neighborhood in Harrisburg. I think you're seeing why. Plus, like some other birds, they commonly unload before taking off, especially if they're alarmed.
That's "poke" as in "sack."