little blue heron has a bad day

This juvie little blue heron I have seen around our ponds for the past week or so. Poor little guy just wants to hang out and these black-necked stilts won't have him anywhere near their chicks. Not sure if the juvie little blue means any harm but they don't care one way or another. The little guy is still molting his plumage and will be solid blue/gray with a brownish redish neck. Bluish bill. He won't have any white when done molting.

Fresh water pond - Derexa - Windermere, Florida
The female black-necked stilt is the one with more brown back and wings

On alert between the attacks here is what the cutie looks like -

Here is what he will look like when he is a mature adult

Warning! Sandhill Cranes

Cranes on Derexa pond berm this morning were being aggressively warned by the Black-Necked Stilts to stay clear of their chicks. Odd to me that this couple (they are monogamous) has no chicks. Other sandhill crane in the surrounding neighborhoods have chicks half as tall as them already. Much of their habitat is being taken from the 23,000 acres being developed all around us so they roam in our subdivision and neighborhood like one of us. They are just gorgeous to look at and take a great pic too.

The sandhill cranes in Florida are listed as a threatened species, and it is illegal to feed them because they will become aggressive (toward people and children), develop other bad habits, and it is not good for them. Read more here.
http://myfwc.com/conservation/you-conserve/wildlife/sandhill-cranes/

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Black-necked Stilt

This little cutie was all alone this morning on the freshwater Derexa Pond. Verified species at whatbird.com

http://www.whatbird.com/forum/index.php?/topic/120090-long-legged-bw-body-reddish-orange-legs/