Fighting Egrets

ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,951 moderator
edited June 27, 2005 in Wildlife
Gloomy day. I waited until nearly noon to head out shooting. By then,
the sun was brighter and the clouds beginning to disappear. Caught a
couple of egrets fighting in the trees.

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I am amazed to watch what seems like a teritorial fight or maybe there's
some sort of hierarchical thing going on?

Ian
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  • Eric&SusanEric&Susan Registered Users Posts: 1,280 Major grins
    edited June 25, 2005
    Nice catch Ianclap.gif The one on the right looks HUGE compared to the other one.

    Eric
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited June 25, 2005
    nice catch Ian thumb.gif
    I may be wrong (usually am) big one great Egret, little one Snowy could be why there are not playing nice :D

    Thanks for posting haven't seen any new Egret shots in a bit I was begining to Jones!! lol3.gif
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited June 26, 2005
    Excellent catch Ian. Your exposure is on the mark and the colors are fine.

    These birds are very territorial. I've seen them go at it countless times for one to take control of an area and to chase off any interlopers.
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  • ehughesehughes Registered Users Posts: 1,675 Major grins
    edited June 26, 2005
    Cool capture Ian, must have been interesting to watch...

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  • DeeDee Registered Users Posts: 2,981 Major grins
    edited June 27, 2005
    Egret loaded trees
    There must have been a lot of babies that survived. We were there this past week and besides those poor palms starting to look white, there was the lovely odor. I think the funniest thing is listening to the sounds they make! I was tempted to take a short movie just for the sounds.

    I didn't get any good shots, definitely need a longer zoom -- and yes, I saw them fighting a bit too!

    Very good catch and the light is really great!
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  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited June 27, 2005
    very nice capture ,they fight all the time a real bad bird ,very nice I have shot 3 fights and had them blown out :cry so It ain't easy getting them both moving and light thumb.gif good job
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