Sorry about the lack of updates…things have been a bit crazy around here lately.
Finally everything is off to Texas for the Show at the 1550 Gallery. We ended up sending 22 items, mostly scarves but also some bags and a pair of indigo shibori pants as well. When I wasn’t working on the show there was (is) school and then spending time with Johann. September is literally a blur. One festival, multiple trips to see parts of the whale trail, science experiments, just for fun outings, school, the show, giving Tammy time to sew…I didn’t get more than about 4 hours of sleep on any given night.
I think I’m going to sleep for a week!
Didn’t have much time for photography either, but luckily on Fridy I caught a few (almost 40!) herons and egrets gathered around a swampy pond during a break in the rain. Best of all there were three black crowned night herons!
This snowy egret displayed a wide range of behaviors during the 20 minutes or so I watched it hunt, at one point it started strutting across one of the pools. I thought it was just moving across the pool, but twice while strutting this way it with it’s head high, it quickly struck to the side, succeeding once in getting a fish.
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
Cousins
Originally uploaded by eclectic echoes.
Here you can compare the sizes of a Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) in front of a Great Egret (Ardea alba). They only stayed this way fo a few moments before the egret ventured below the cord grass and the heron took off further up the cove.
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Originally uploaded by eclectic echoes.
Great egret striking a fish. This one was very successful in it’s hunting. Coming up this time with a pretty big fish (about 1/2 as long as it’s own bill). Overall as I watched it, this egret appeared to come up with a fish 4 out of 5 times it struck.
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