A great egret gets busy constructing a nest. Egrets and other wading birds will spend days flying back and forth, carrying whatever sticks and twigs they can find to build the perfect nest. You can see the green lores (that patch of green surrounding the eyes) which is an indication of breeding season — roughly January through June. Photographed in Venice, Florida. Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 380mm) ISO 400, f/6.3 at 1/2500th of a second.
Here in SW Florida we never tire of seeing all the local wildlife: herons, egrets of all types, osprey, eagles, alligators, coyote, and if we’re lucky, a bobcat or panther or even a spoonbill. This is a beautiful capture of a beautiful egret in flight–not an easy task (I’ve tried).
Beautiful capture, Sean. I especially like the fact that you seem to be nearly at eye level with the egret. We have our share of great egrets here in Northern CA, but they tend to fly much higher above us. This is especially the case when they carry their selected 2x4s to the rookery, making it a challenge to photograph egrets & great blue herons at near-eye level.
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A great egret gets busy constructing a nest. Egrets and other wading birds will spend days flying back and forth, carrying whatever sticks and twigs they can find to build the perfect nest. You can see the green lores (that patch of green surrounding the eyes) which is an indication of breeding season — roughly January through June. Photographed in Venice, Florida. Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 380mm) ISO 400, f/6.3 at 1/2500th of a second.
Nest prices are crazy these days. $515,000 for a mid-century one-egger in Daytona Beach? Come on. Good on this egret for building her own.
Beautiful
Here in SW Florida we never tire of seeing all the local wildlife: herons, egrets of all types, osprey, eagles, alligators, coyote, and if we’re lucky, a bobcat or panther or even a spoonbill. This is a beautiful capture of a beautiful egret in flight–not an easy task (I’ve tried).
Beautiful capture, Sean. I especially like the fact that you seem to be nearly at eye level with the egret. We have our share of great egrets here in Northern CA, but they tend to fly much higher above us. This is especially the case when they carry their selected 2x4s to the rookery, making it a challenge to photograph egrets & great blue herons at near-eye level.