Friday, June 5, 2009

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.





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13 comments:

  1. RichardJune 5, 2009 at 11:43 AM

    Great pictures of a beautiful bird.

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  2. jalynn01June 5, 2009 at 1:17 PM

    Oh what great shots you got! The very first time I saw one of these egrets I was with my husband in Dominican Republic and I saw one sitting on top a cow! That was before I had an interest in cameras and birds! Wish I had gotten the picture.

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  3. Ruth's Photo BlogJune 5, 2009 at 2:23 PM

    Fabulous shots.These sure are good looking birds.
    Blessings,Ruth

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  4. Vicki ~ FLJune 5, 2009 at 4:08 PM

    Those are great shots, beautiful bird in flight........

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  5. CarolJune 5, 2009 at 5:20 PM

    Beautiful picture. I had no idea they were so beautiful.

    www.wildlifearoundus.blogspot.com

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  6. MontanagirlJune 5, 2009 at 5:23 PM

    These are beautiful shots. One would think with all the cattle around where I live, we would see some of these Egrets. But I don't believe I've ever seen one. Nice work!!

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  7. ShelleyJune 5, 2009 at 5:25 PM

    Breathtaking!!! Wow!!!

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  8. TinaJune 6, 2009 at 7:01 PM

    Interestingly, another birder, I just met, told me he saw two of these birds at his farm..among his dairy herd!! I wasn't picturing a bird of this size!!! They are quite striking with that long reddish brown plumage! ..and, of course, you did a wonderful job of capturing them with your camera!!

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  9. ChrisJune 7, 2009 at 3:24 PM

    Beautiful shots! I would like to see them again in France, I could see them every day when I lived in Camargue, and I missed them a lot!!!

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  10. VagabondeJune 10, 2009 at 10:56 AM

    Very attractive birds and good photos. Yesterday I came back from 11 days in Alaska and the Yukon and saw many birds, including eagles, but no egrets.

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  11. Craig GlennJune 10, 2009 at 2:43 PM

    Great photo's Hannibal! I like the egrets.

    Craig Glenn

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  12. EveJune 11, 2009 at 11:43 AM

    Beautiful Hannibal!

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  13. fotoshooter43June 16, 2009 at 11:34 AM

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