Well Hello!Originally uploaded by eclectic echoes.
On my way to register for my classes I got distracted when I saw this Great Egret in one of the nearby inlets that come off the estuary. After parking nearby and coming back to a suitable place to take the picture, he was gone. A minute later I heard [...]
CousinsOriginally 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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Sushi!Originally uploaded by eclectic echoes.
Another successful strike! This great egret was either having a very good day or is a very effective hunter - around 4 of 5 strikes brouth up a fish, most of them about this size, but a couple significantly larger. In order to stalk some of the creatures in the tidal [...]
Gotcha!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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Take FlightOriginally uploaded by eclectic echoes.
Great Egret in flight. Majestic bird. Patient, efficient hunter. Beautiful. Graceful - both in flight and wading through the water (or even standing on thick clumps of floating kelps!) For me right up there with eagles and hawks. After witnessing some recent dsiplays of abject ignorance and spite I [...]
Ruffled FeathersOriginally uploaded by eclectic echoes.
How about few more shorebird pictures…
Yesterday I had a dental appointment in Waterford, CT but I also had a new lens I was really excited to test out, so I took the camera with me. After the appointment I headed towards the coast and discovered a state propert known as [...]
Rolled it over!Originally uploaded by eclectic echoes.
This is picture 10,000 on my EOS10D! Actually it’s a 100% crop into that image. Of course it figures it would be an image like this. I was tracking this beautiful Great Egret (Ardea albus) flying along the estuary with an eel in it’s beak. Unfortunately as I snapped [...]
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