Sitting By A River, Great Egret - click to enlarge

Sitting By A River, Great Egret

A favorite spot for Great Egrets. On one side is a river, the other an old rice field. In between is the dike where this bird is sitting. A wooden trunk, water gate, regulates flow… and fish.

Sitting By A River, Great Egret - click to enlarge
Sitting By A River, Great Egret – click to enlarge

When the water streams through here, the fish are pushed back and forth.

Sitting By A River, Great Egret - click to enlarge
Sitting By A River, Great Egret – click to enlarge

Egrets have learned to just stand here and watch.

Sitting By A River, Great Egret - click to enlarge
Sitting By A River, Great Egret – click to enlarge

Dinner will come swimming out right down below.

Sitting By A River, Great Egret - click to enlarge
Sitting By A River, Great Egret – click to enlarge

This Egret spotted something and dropped down while I was shooting.

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