Egret and squirrel face off (for Ginger's request)

Dee

I was at the Baylands yesterday (my sunscreen was in the other car, and my face is red!).

I'll post some more photos later, but I read Ginger's post where she was missing egrets.

The egrets are extremely comical and very vocal right now, building, defending nests but having to share the nesting site with other birds. What a racket they make! I should have taken a movie to capture the sound.

More later, but here you go Ginger, the egret came down for some nesting materials and both the squirrel and the egret were startled by each other.

Dee

Butt shot
Black crowned night heron looks away from the egret butt emphasized with a feather display.

Dee

Coming in for a landing
My shots in no way compare to Harry, Andy, Steve or Ian's shots, but I'm having fun trying!

Can't remember if the egret was coming down or going up in this shot.

ginger_55

I think the last two are very good shots, Dee. The first shot is journalism and also very good with the tag line.

Thank dog, I finally got an egret fix. I am sure I am going to see them tomorrow. I am a bit anxious about this seminar. The only other one I went to was in the seventies, lasted a week, was two states away, we slept in a barn, and cost less, I think. Oh, and the food was great, too. (Fresh vegetables, Wisconsin farm country). Sorry, no ribs, but it was cool.

Actually, I stayed two weeks, two famous photographers from the seventies, don't even remember them now. Have other fond memories.

Took a night shot. Put my camera on a post, opened it up while it was facing the barn with wide angle, went and did some other things, messed around, came back and closed the shutter. Was a fine shot.

That is the thing I am weakest in. Should have a tutorial on "long exposures", the first thing I need to know is how to set the camera settings.

Anyway, this will be quite different and I am very nervous.

The whole bottom of the barn smelled of photography chemicals. What do they do now, set up cubicals with computers?

ginger (When I get nervous, I shake. When I get triple excited, I am no longer nervous. I was scared to death of Dixie, but he is a doll, and besides, when I got to the birds, I lost my fear: though I did run into that tree, but no shake, priorities.)

ginger_55

What is the bird with the butt shot egret? I love your last shot, too. We are not going to shoot like Harry. We gotta shoot like us with his technical abilities. . I am exploring this, am really scared about tomorrow. Don't even know which lens to show up with. I mean on my camera. Some people will not have lens (es). I am kind of embassed to show up with a 300 and extender.

Harryb

Hey Dee,

Excellent series. That squirrel was lucky he didn't become lunch. Night herons don't hang out in my area so I love seeing pics of them. Good job on the last shot.

Harry

Dee

Black crowned night herons are mellow

Harryb wrote:

Hey Dee,

Excellent series. That squirrel was lucky he didn't become lunch. Night herons don't hang out in my area so I love seeing pics of them. Good job on the last shot.

Harry

compared to the flighty fluffy egrets! They just kind of sit there, observing all the action, half the time they look like they are asleep! An occasional feather scratch. They look like they have their act together... compared to the hysteria of the snowy ones.