A Heron Named Bill

Duration: 24

Year Published: 1980

Creator: Beacon House Inc

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: From egg, to fledgling, to adult, the film documents the first year in a Grey Heron's fight for survival. The film observes a pair of herons about to mate and follows their nest building and courtship behavior, egg sitting, and the growth of one of their young through the first winter of its life. Viewers see his sibling quarrels over food, his first unsteady fishing expedition, and his forays into commercial fish hatcheries and backyard goldfish ponds., From egg, to fledgling to adult, the film documents the first year in Bill's fight for survival. The camera records a pair of herons about to mate, and follows their nest building, egg sitting and young rearing. Viewers watch Bill as he quarrels with his sibling over food, engages in a fishing expedition and his forays into commercial fish hatcheries and backyard goldfish ponds.

Complete Record: From egg, to fledgling, to adult, the film documents the first year in a Grey Heron's fight for survival. The film observes a pair of herons about to mate and follows their nest building and courtship behavior, egg sitting, and the growth of one of their young through the first winter of its life. Viewers see his sibling quarrels over food, his first unsteady fishing expedition, and his forays into commercial fish hatcheries and backyard goldfish ponds., From egg, to fledgling to adult, the film documents the first year in Bill's fight for survival. The camera records a pair of herons about to mate, and follows their nest building, egg sitting and young rearing. Viewers watch Bill as he quarrels with his sibling over food, engages in a fishing expedition and his forays into commercial fish hatcheries and backyard goldfish ponds. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.