As their young get bigger adult Egrets are busy keeping them fed.
For me this means there are more opportunities for decent in flight photographs. Now is the time to work them, the young will be grown and out soon enough.
Great Egret, In Close
Category Archives: Egret
Feathers And Wind
Timing is everything.
A gust of wind, and an Egret hiding his head.
Great Egrets, Young Begging For Food
A familiar site this time of year. As long as an adult stays in the nest young demand to be fed.
This explains why the adults spend less time with them. Still needing protect some adults perch nearby.
Loud, Young Egrets
Not very happy.
This Egret Fights Back With A Heron
Rules are changing now that both have young in their nests.
When a Heron lands in her nest the Egrets all flew off in the past. Now the Egret stands and goes eye to eye.
They will squawk and snap at each other, real attacks have stopped.
The day is filled with warnings about how close each can come to others piece of the tree.
As long as the line is not crossed it is all noise.
Little Guy In The Morning
Spotted through an opening at a rookery.
Great Egret, well the start of one anyway.
Egret On A Rookery Island
A small island in a swamp is the perfect place to nest.
Being surrounded by water makes for a safer way to hatch and raise their young.
Pretty Fly By, Egret
The background here gave this photograph some extra life. Sun and soft greens. through in a big white bird.
