Great Egret gliding up high to a rookery. The trees in this rookery were high, filled with birds. The best path was to come in low then go almost straight up.
There were so many other pairs nesting it was tricky for them to avoid landing in the wrong spot, or a mid-air collision.
An Egret by the nest, stretching up and ‘letting it all out’.
Now, the photograph by itself is OK. But this is something usually reserved for Great Blues, not an Egret. That gave it a little more interest to me.
An Osprey found the highest spot around.
As luck would have it I also had found a high spot.
He was working hard, I thought she was interested.
However, after a minute it looked like she didn’t think much of him at all.
I don’t think I have ever gotten one dancing before. You can see they like dense thickets and their privacy.
Black-crowned Night Herons.
This Great Blue had been off in the swamp right behind the nest looking for the perfect branch.
Apparently he found it, as long as he doesn’t whack her in the head with this.
Sometimes when searching for sticks the Great Blue will pick around through piles until the right one is found.
At times it’s half a tree like this, others it’s a twig hardly worth the effort.
A photograph completed, in Black and White, for another web site. The site is a private group dedicated to the use of B&W and monochrome only.
Images like this I find to be much more difficult to process than color. It’s so easy to have the main subjects get lost within a background with only shades and textures rather than distinct colors.
During breeding season Spoonbills ‘enhance’ their pink color. Actually they become almost a rainbow.
Their famous pink color becomes the most subtle one.
Now it’s red, greens, and even deep orange.
They don’t stay this way very long. That’s probably a good thing. They can hurt your eyes LOL.
He was good looking…
…and knew it.
Best viewed large.
