Snowy Egret close-up

[jmchooper]

Full frame shot of a snowy egret from Florida. Canon XT, Tamron 70-300.

[aligater]

Nice portrait shot.

[canonloader]

Nice catch JM. We called them something a little different when I lived in Florida. Something descriptive of their habit of following the cows around and eating warm seeds from fresh cow pies. :mrgreen:

[pttenn]

Beautiful shot!
Karen

[ajosteve]

Pretty bird and a nice close shot...good one....steve

[jmchooper]

Nice catch JM. We called them something a little different when I lived in Florida. Something descriptive of their habit of following the cows around and eating warm seeds from fresh cow pies. :mrgreen:
Looked at the guides several times and couldn't be sure if it was a cattle egret or a snowy egret. Unless the cows were amphibious, these were feeding on fish. Here's a full body shot.

[sparker1]

That's a snowy. Cattle egrets are much different. Very nice shot, too.

[Oldsilver]

Yup, it's a snowy. Nice pix.

[downywp]

Very nice portrait of the Snowy Egret; that 2nd shot shows those "golden slippers" very nicely!:)

[jmchooper]

These birds were on the gulf pier at Ft. DeSoto. They ignored my presence, letting me get within 5 ft of them. Should have got more shots, but I was distracted by the feeding pelicans. I do wish the background would have be more natural.