On the way to Fulton from Oswego, I noticed a few heron in the trees as I passed by. I turned the car around, parked on the shoulder adjacent to the swamp/marsh, and took out the camera on this very overcast day.
I set the camera to 1/1600 shutter priority with the in-body stabilization on, ISO auto, and zoomed in at 300mm (600mm equiv). I took a few shots and then had to crop in almost 2x to get this image.
I think I learned something today: I think the herons break the branches off the tree limbs to make their nest, rather than collecting branches that have fallen. I watched this bird persistently rubbing its beak on branches and bite them. While I never saw a branch break/snap, looking at all the branches in this image leads me to think that they are all the same length because of the birds.