Returning to three nests reported here on May 23rd, I find the birds incubating. Nesting season is, for the observer, rather more contemplative than active. 
The Green Heron (Butorides virescens) was the only one of these three not hunkered down when I arrived. The bird was grooming itself — could be either male or female — before hunkering down again on the eggs.
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica). This nest is under the same bridge as a nest last year, which is mostly still extant, but no longer right above all the people passing through.
Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina).
And already out of the nest, a juvenile Starling (Sturnus vulgaris), looking not at all like its parent.
Backyard and Beyond 
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