Nesting Egrets

I went to the Palo Alto Baylands this afternoon to check out the
nesting egrets and herons (since I had no luck in Newark). I took
two cameras, the 20D with the 800 Sigma f5.6 and the XT with the
400 f5.6L, the 20D on a monopod and XT handheld. Here are a
few shots.

1 Snowy on a nest (XT/400)

Great Pictures, you lucky so and so, I managed to get 3 in flight but at the time had a tc on my lens,hence they came out slightly soft.

Love #4, just a beautiful pose! The one of the minnow getting dropped to the chicks is cool also. Man I wish I lived near a beach/ocean/rookery/et​c.
Karen

Greetings,
Beautifully captured. They are beautiful, esp no 4, shows much love between each other. Thanks for sharing. Enjoy...

Another beautiful series, I really love #2 and #4 I can never get such sharp in-flight pictures

Such a beautiful bird ..Great shots

Well done series George. Egrets build such flimsy nests on the smallest limbs and to raise three chicks is amazing.

Thanks k55, Karen, George, Hali, Deb, and Kevin. I was glad to be able to
get out this weekend and see this. I was afraid it was going to rain again, but
it cleared up in the afternoon. This little guys don't stay little long...

By the way, here is a Great Egret in flight taken with the 20D and Sigma 800. It
got a little too close, but I think it's still a nice shot.

Wonderful shots, the in flights are great but I really like pics#5 and #7, they made me smile... you are very fortunate to see this kind of beauty close up and personal.

Beautiful shots.

Thanks dwp and Dan.

Dan, I am luck to be here. But you know there are millions of people here that
don't even know or care that all these wonders of nature exist so close. It's a
shame...

Amazing shots George. I can't get over the detail that lens gives you.

Outstanding series George. Excellent work indeed.

Thanks Mitch and Sindri. I'm glad you liked then.