great egret

Male Great Egret in breeding plumage

Usually see these flying with their necks curled back into their bodies but this particular one carried on flying in this manner.

This mother was fussing with her nest so I waited and was rewarded with this shot!

As I was just leaving the Conn. River and this Egret flew in and start to hunt. It only staid for a couple of minutes and took off again.

Yesterday my two favorite subjects were side by side - difficult to choose between this Egret and the Great Blue!

One of my favorite subjects - seems to hold me in another zone - sometimes forgetting to take the photo

Found many Great Egrets in the estuaries and natural canals near the marsh area at Magee Marsh Ohio. Many of these birds had the long wispy breeding feathers like this one.

This bird suddenly circled so close that I was unable to get some shots fully in the frame.

A mixed flock of Great (most) and Snowy (fewer) Egrets, about 25 birds in all, was feeding on a floating mat of aquatic vegetation in a lake produced by the flooding of the Samiria River.

The nice thing about the Marsh Trail is that it was built out into a lush habitat. It runs for over 1.5 miles out, but no loop. It's a perfect place for taking aerials of different waders traveling from one spot to another. You do have to get use to the gators on either side of you, but...

About 14 miles south of Eagle Lakes Park on #41 you will find the Marsh Trail, which goes out into the 10 Thousand Island National Refuge. This is another must for any birder in the area.

This egret and the Snowy seem to be the most common in the area.

Was lucky to capture this shot of the great egret in flight with its close twin reflection in the clear waters.

We have a lot of these, but I can't resist them, especially when they are coming into thier breeding plumage.

I caught this moment at the Crocodile Farm near Mahabalipuram, India.

Great Egret touching down

Egrets and herons are some of my favorite birds, so it is wonderful that there are so many of them in my neck of the woods. This gray heron doesn't think this great egret is all that great and invites it to leave. Apparently, the egret didn't think it was worth arguing about.