Friday, April 1, 2011 - Boulder Beach Campground, Boulder City NV
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I'm off - that nest needs a few more sticks, Great Blue Herons, Burro Creek AZ, March 28, 2011
Fuffy
What's with the fuffy beards? Most of heron pictures I'm getting show these long beard feathers, often puffed out in the presence of a mate. Is this a nesting display of some sort?
Night camp
Site 94 - Boulder Beach Campground, Lake Mead Recreation Area, Boulder City NV
- Good Verizon cell phone and Broadband service are available here.
- Locate Boulder Beach Campground on my Night Camps map
- Check the weather here
Observational Learning
[Learning by watching] is called observational learning. When it comes to evolutionary fears, as well as to many other areas of learning, animals and people learn by watching what other animals or people do, not by doing something themselves and learning from the consequences. I have the impression this lesson hasn't quite been absorbed by most educators. You read that hands-on learning is best, but that may not always be so. Obviously evolution has selected for strong observational learning in animals and in humans.