sight but clearly in the sight of this protective mother heron with newly hatched young (look for grey fuzzy movement in the nest). Other herons less experienced are flying in fear of the "eagle attack" Keep your eye on the heron as it rotates clockwise and you will see a dark large bird briefly as it flies across the horizon and lands in the distant trees to the lower right of the heron who stares right at the eagle some 50 feet away but blocked by nearby tree limbs and leaves. The heron that stood its ground was most likely a dominant, experienced bird and was centrally located within the colonial nests of great blue herons (20 -24 nests).