While breeding season is over the Egrets are always around, we just don’t get as many opportunities.
When you have a bird come by like this it doesn’t matter how many you photographed recently.
Such an elegant bird in flight.
From the ‘to do’ list , about a month ago.
Good thing there’s no time limit on nature photographs. I only shoot between 800 – 1000 on a busy day.
Off a dike separating a salt marsh from old rice fields several spindly dead trees have survived the storms.
These branches are always a place to check for activity. Anything from a small Kingfisher to an Egret can be looking down.
This time it was a Snowy Egret.
Sometimes you can forget the camera (for a moment) when you see this.
An amazing sight.
One of those times when you don’t know where to look first. At this spot on the Key I decided to just focus and shoot.
Below should be viewed on a large screen.
Looking through the ‘crowd’ here you can find Pelicans, White Ibis, Gulls, Egrets, Herons, and I’m sure some other shore birds.
What was a little unnerving was how many others were overhead, and behind the boat.
More than a few swimming nearby too.
Like he knew a photograph was in the making.
Of the three chicks, almost adult, only one could fly.
He cruised in circles, a few twists, and back to the nest. A good landing too.
I’m not sure if the other two were impressed, but it did get their attention.
Great Egrets learn to fly on their own. It’s flap those wings, get lift off, and hope for the best.
The type of scene you can’t pass up. I had photographed this young bird screaming at ‘mom’ earlier in the day.
I walked by later on, and yes still making noise.
But no one was to there to listen.
I guess it didn’t matter.
