Assortment from Merritt Island NWR

Spent some time on Merritt Island NWR on Thanksgiving Day. The light was pretty severe and the wind was high but there were a few areas of calm.

Backlit Snowy Egret

beautiful! love the eagle and egret shots

That's a fine set of images, Garry. The Vulture portrait gets my vote here. But well done all around.

#3 is my favorite

Excellent set gary, beautiful Eagle and Egrets but the Vultures take the cake, excellent detail in one of the best Vulcan portraits I have seen, Well done!

Nice shots. Egret shots for me.

Thanks for the nice comments. It was a really bright day and the egret shots are what they are severely backlit, but somewhat interesting.
The vulture was interesting, a huge crowd of them and that one could care less about me being close.
That shot is basically right out of the camera except for the vertical crop. Whenever I **** about my 7D, I take a shot like that and know it's not the camera but the idiot who is holding it.

those are all very good. Even the Egrets look good given the bright light conditions.

Nice series. We went up there last spring but the place was closed. Hope to get back sometime this coming year.

Great photos! What is the vulture eating in the last pic? Is that a wild pig?

Yep, it was a feral hog, photo attached...

great series, amazing how egrets always look so clean