Breakfast with the Egrets

[blevine15]

There is somthing to be said for taking your camera with you at all times.
I went out yesterday for several hours and did not have one bird encounter that was worthy. Going to the store this morning to get breakfast I happened to come across these fellows and happened to have my camera with me.

[robertwgross]

The first one is a Great Egret, and the second one is a Snowy Egret.

Sometimes they even roost in the same tree.

---Bob Gross---

[tupe]

Excellent pics! There is something to be said for taking your camera with you at all times.
For all sad words
Of tongue and pen
The saddest are these:
"Auuggh! I forgot my camera!" :cry:

(apologies to John Greeleaf Whittier)

[CyberDyneSystems]

Great shots..
good work on exposure.. there tough to not "blow out" being so white :)


The first one is a Great Egret, and the second one is a Snowy Egret.

Sometimes they even roost in the same tree.

---Bob Gross---

Bob thanks for this info. I did not kow this behavior was common. I have bee watching a pair like this for over a year.. they are so close they almost seem like mates.. there allways togther hunting the same areas. One tall and slender, one shorter, (still slender)

I call them Laurel and Hardy.

[Ballen Photo]

Nice catches! The second one looks like it could be in National Geo. :D
More proof that it pays to bring your camera.;)
-Bruce

[Maureen Souza]

very nice

[cfcRebel]

Wow, beautiful shots! Thanks for sharing.

[digitaltourist]

There is somthing to be said for taking your camera with you at all times.
I went out yesterday for several hours and did not have one bird encounter that was worthy. Going to the store this morning to get breakfast I happened to come across these fellows and happened to have my camera with me.

May I ask what lens? Exif info?

Thanks!

[Titus213]

Very nice indeed.

[blevine15]

I used a 20D with a 100-400mm set at 400mm(handheld), ISO 400, f5.6, 1/250 and a lot of luck.

[robertwgross]

I just got home from a migratory bird sanctuary 15 miles from my home. In a dozen palm trees, there must be a couple of dozen nests, all mixed together. Snowy egrets, Great egrets, and Black-crowned night herons. Fighting, courting, nesting... it's a pretty messy place with everything happening. Since the Greats are much larger than the Snowies, they will come over and steal twigs from the Snowy nests.

I was doing pretty good until one of the birds "annointed" my lens. Well, that's why I keep a filter there.

---Bob Gross---