Cattle Egrets at the Viera Wetlands

IraRunyanIraRunyan Registered Users Posts: 1,013 Major grins
edited June 28, 2010 in Wildlife
The Cattle Egrets at the Viera Wetlands are collecting nesting materials.

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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited June 26, 2010
    The third and last captures are outstanding Ira. clap.gif

    Its amazing how the normally dull cattle egret gets really colorful during mating season.
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  • IraRunyanIraRunyan Registered Users Posts: 1,013 Major grins
    edited June 27, 2010
    Thank you, Harry. What gets me is that they are so hard to approach to photograph. The slightest movement and they take flight.... but when they are around construction equipment they seem to have no fear at all as they run around and under the moving equipment to get at the insects being dug up.
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  • Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
    edited June 28, 2010
    Ira, very nice captures here, and you mentioned that they are so hard to approach, yes I can agree with that as last year well down that area we tried and tried and no luck in getting a single shot of them, they just fly further away from you. 3 and 5 are my picks.
    Regards - Dennis

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