egretta

Taken at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline at about 30m. Tough enough for me to successfully photography a single egret, much less two. Shadows work in my favor.

Taken at Lake Merritt (Oakland, CA, USA). This particular egret I caught during part of the landing sequence. Frozen moments in time like this are always my favorites, to appreciate the beauty and complexity of everything animals do.

Taken at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline at about 10m. Closest I've ever been to a Snowy Egret who wasn't in the brush or otherwise safe by virtue of the terrain. Was really surprised he'd land so close to where people and dogs were walking. This is the companion still image to...

Taken at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline at about 10m. Was caught by surprise when trying to take some BiF of this egret and he decided to land on the railing of the pedestrian bridge right near me. Didn't get really stellar photos because I was fiddling with settings that day...

Taken at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline at about 6m. Another from the same series of shots as my previous egret post. He was quite photogenic.

Taken at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline at about 6m. Another from the same series of shots as my previous egret post. I just liked the pose on this one, like a woman wrapping herself in a shawl against the cold.

Taken at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline at about 6m. Another from the same series of shots as my previous egret post. I guess he needed some height to see over something...but he was being quite intense and all but ignored us being so close.

Taken at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline at about 5m. Another from the same series of shots as my previous egret post. He spotted something on the ground and later speared a bug.

Taken at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline at about 5m. This egret was reasonably tolerant of us getting close so we must have spent 10-15 minutes photographing him. Meant I could spend some time trying portrait shots, different camera settings, etc.

Taken at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline at about 30m. Yeah, I know, I photograph these alot. I enjoy the challenge of getting good photos of white birds: it really lets me fine-tune how much I can squeeze out of my camera. And this particular park seems to have a small number of...

Taken at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline at about 10m.

Taken at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline at approximately 15m. Most of my egret shots for the day had blown-out highlights and we had such variable weather, from low-angle sun glare to overcast to cloudy gloom. Four shots like this one were the surprise of the day when I got home...

Taken at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline at approximately 15m. Most of my egret shots for the day had blown-out highlights and we had such variable weather, from low-angle sun glare to overcast to cloudy gloom. Four shots like this one were the surprise of the day when I got home...

Taken at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline at about 15m.

Near the Paranoa Lake, in Brasilia, Brazil.

Look mum, no hands a little tightrope balancing, while holding a fish

Great Egret in flight. Lake Mogan, 23 October 2011

another one for Tilly

Sea World is the only known nesting colony for the Little Blue Heron on the west coast although it's suspected that they may soon spread to other areas. There are about 10 to 12 pairs that nest in the park mixed in with the Snowy Egrets. Their numbers increase each year and 2008 so far has seen...