Cattle Egrets

Things have been quite slow until yesterday. A siting of Cattle Egrets and a Little Blue Heron enticed me to check the location out, since I was about 30 miles away. I'm so glad I made the trip, as there were lots of hides for me to take advantage of, although army-crawling was involved, and sooo worth the energy. The Little Blue was not present while I was there, but 5 Cattle Egrets at pretty close range made it very exciting.

Cattle Egret

Another first ever photo op, a tip off from Rattlin Antler led to capturing a pair of Cattle Egrets as they migrate through.



A click on this first image shows some intense eyes!










I love their buffy head and magenta-ish beak! They are such an interestingly colorful bird!