This Great Egret was taking a lazy flight just above the tops of the dried grasses.
Light and focus can be tricky with these shots. The sun can catch the light stalks and create glare. Also all the bird needs to do is a slight shift and the focus slips over to the reeds.
When you do get the shot it makes a nice soft scene.
The word got out about low water in the rice fields. Amazing how quickly they all find out.
There were even Ring-billed Gulls that came up river to join the locals.
There were plenty of White Ibis and Egrets.
This marsh area is big so not all the birds flocked together.
Great Egrets and especially Herons tend to stay off on their own. Above you can see, on the left, the long tail of another looking to feed.
A white bird and deep blue sky are one of the few overhead photographs that are sure to be interesting.
Though I must admit with a blue sky like this I still photograph most anything that goes by. I just don’t publish very many.
There was no construction here but the Heron looked to be staking out his spot.
The early arrivals will have their choice of the prime real estate.
A juvenile and adult White Ibis in a marsh.
I wanted to photograph them side by side but was convinced they would fly before I was ready. Well, not this time.
It’s all about timing…
The reason I photograph wildlife…
This male has staked out a nesting site. He may or may not have built it last year. For right now it’s his.
This rookery has several nest site with only one bird.
Each time another Great Blue flies by all the single birds stand and give a hoarse loud call hoping to attract a mate. Eventually someone shows up.
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