True Loves Kiss

Great Blue herons are nesting and mating in Florida now .. They sure provide a lot of photo ops for photographers.   The female of this pair already has two juveniles in her nest .. She lost her mate. The male is now courting her and they are building a new nest above the old one. The juveniles have been quite adamant that they are not interested in this intrusion.   However the female will need help to feed the little ones.   I hope this works out and that the male will help with her juveniles.  They mated today so my fear is she will lay more eggs and he will not take care of the other ones.    Time will tell.  I have never seen this happen before.