All 3 Egrets

I've been shootin' Egrets the past few days and been able to get all three that we have here in the central San Joaquin Valley of California. All three are fairly common, but kinda difficult to get close enough for good shots.

Without your being able to see their feet, can you tell which is which?

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Great series. #3 is a little fluffball. Nice exposure in all three. Good work.

#1 Great
#2 Cattle
#3 Snowy

Great capture

Missing is the Redish

Commendable job on the whites.

Im impressed... I also live in the valley.. Visalia.. Never have been able to get any good shots of those.. Good job...

Beautiful shots!!!

Wow, their all great shots!!

hTr wrote in post #3406837
#1 Great
#2 Cattle
#3 Snowy

Great capture

Missing is the Redish

Gary.....You be correct, I've never even seen the Redish Egret around these parts.

nice egrets. the difference between a snowy and a great egret can be seen in the color of their beaks. the snowy has a black beak and the great egret has a yellow beak. the cattle egret will have a bit of reddish brown feathers on its head too. nice work.

- hung

Excellent and well exposed captures. Great job Mike.

I love the third one!
Karen

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royce10
Reyno
Karen

Thank you, each and everyone, for the nice compliments. I certainly appreciate your taking the time to make such comments.

royce10.....I made the comments about ID ing those Egrets just for kicks. As I've come to realize, many people on this forum are extremely knowledgeable when it comes to identifying different species of birds. You undoubtedly fall into that category.

Way to go LD. I love the flying shot. The exposure looks perfect, and the blue sky makes a great background.

Excellent shots, very sharp with great detail in the whites; nice to have that variety of species.

Whites can be very difficult in bright light. Well done. --Rick