This was one of several shots I took in mid October before the Great White Egrets headed south. We’ve seen them yearly at the reserve but never in such great numbers or so close by. In the past they would remain in the middle of the lake and I never managed to capture more than a stark white blur. This year was different and like the Great Blue Heron I featured a few posts back, this egret posed beautifully on a beaver lodge well within my sights. I have a few more shots of this bird wading in the shallows which I’ll be putting up in the next little while.
November 5, 2016 at 5:55 am
great shot
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November 5, 2016 at 7:47 am
Thank you.
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November 4, 2016 at 4:54 pm
Beautiful capture and colors!
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November 4, 2016 at 5:19 pm
Thank you Laura, the circumstances were just right.
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November 4, 2016 at 7:00 pm
Love it when that happens.
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November 3, 2016 at 11:34 pm
So elegant.
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November 4, 2016 at 8:03 am
Thank you.
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November 3, 2016 at 7:38 pm
Lovely capture. Beautiful bird.
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November 3, 2016 at 9:10 pm
Thank you!
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November 3, 2016 at 6:38 pm
Quite a magnificent bird! 🙂
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November 3, 2016 at 7:32 pm
Thank you!
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November 3, 2016 at 6:13 pm
Stately poise. Beautiful feather detail, Belinda.
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November 3, 2016 at 7:32 pm
That they are. Thank you Eliza!
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November 3, 2016 at 5:06 pm
Its a privilege to enjoy these great photos
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November 3, 2016 at 5:34 pm
Thank you, very nice of you to say.
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November 3, 2016 at 3:06 pm
What a magnificent bird and photo!
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November 3, 2016 at 5:25 pm
Thanks very much!
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November 3, 2016 at 1:35 pm
Sharp as …. Very nice
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November 3, 2016 at 1:49 pm
Thank you.
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November 3, 2016 at 8:37 am
Beautiful composition.
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November 3, 2016 at 9:47 am
Thank you, the bird made it easy!
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November 3, 2016 at 8:35 am
Beautifu.l composition
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November 3, 2016 at 9:46 am
Thank you.
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November 3, 2016 at 8:01 am
Very nice! I’m so glad you got to see this bird more closely. We have a large population in New Mexico and I never tire of seeing them.
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November 3, 2016 at 8:04 am
Thank you. It really was nice to get so close to one.
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November 3, 2016 at 7:28 am
This picture makes me miss Dauphin Island!
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November 3, 2016 at 8:03 am
They are terrific birds!
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November 3, 2016 at 6:18 am
My kind of photograph 😀😀😀, great shot.
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November 3, 2016 at 7:58 am
Thanks very much!
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November 3, 2016 at 5:32 am
It is such an elegant, graceful looking bird.
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November 3, 2016 at 1:30 am
Beautiful birds.
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November 3, 2016 at 7:48 am
Thank you.
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