Be My Sweetie

This union is hereby sealed with a stick, and witnessed by Double-Crested Cormorant.

Counted 24 great blue heron nests. Three nests were still under construction (the top nest in the photo is one of the three), and herons were sitting on the remainder of the nests. Male herons incubate the eggs for 10.5 hours a day, and the female incubates the eggs the rest of the time. Females incubate the eggs at night, so these are likely males on the nests. A heron (likely a male since the photo was shot at 2 pm) is on the nest at the right. The mates of the nesting herons were presumably out at the fish market.

Five cormorants were lounging around, and they might also nest on this island.