Give me an "E"

HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
edited February 1, 2006 in Wildlife
Whats does that stand for ?
EGRET!!!!!!
:lynnma:clap :thumb :lol3 :encore :beer :super :lynnma

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Don't forget that March starts EGRET FEST II


BTW "E' also stands for

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Harry
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited January 30, 2006
    Let the 'Fest begin rolleyes1.gif
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  • DaniDani Registered Users Posts: 807 Major grins
    edited January 30, 2006
    must be nice to have eagles just sitting on the side of the road (at leat that looks like the side of a road) just waiting for their picture to be taken rolleyes1.gifhuh
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  • ivarivar Registered Users Posts: 8,395 Major grins
    edited January 30, 2006
    You know, egrets are pretty dumb birds:crazy.... I've had 2 fly into one of my engines, on of them when i was parked. They didn't make it. It smelled like chicken.
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  • ThusieThusie Registered Users Posts: 1,818 Major grins
    edited January 30, 2006
    Dani wrote:
    must be nice to have eagles just sitting on the side of the road (at leat that looks like the side of a road) just waiting for their picture to be taken rolleyes1.gifhuh

    No kidding!:D Shouldn't there me some sort of EGRET warning systemne_nau.gif
  • SigalSigal Registered Users Posts: 51 Big grins
    edited January 30, 2006
    You've got an E
    For grEat rolleyes1.gifrofl

    Awesome photos.

    Beautiful !!!

    Sigal
  • SeamusSeamus Registered Users Posts: 1,573 Major grins
    edited January 30, 2006
    Harryb wrote:








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    That is the meanest egret I have ever seen, great capture H. thumb.gif
  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited January 30, 2006
    Ahh music to my ears thumb.gif

    Are we starting Egret fest early I hope lol3.gif

    Good series Harry
    Eagles by the side of the road, your killing me Harry!! rolleyes1.gif :lol
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited January 30, 2006
    Andy wrote:
    Let the 'Fest begin rolleyes1.gif

    Thank You Andy. I can feel in my bones that this will be the bestest Egret Fest ever. clap.gifclap.gifclap.gif:D
    Harry
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  • livinginozlivinginoz Registered Users Posts: 497 Major grins
    edited January 30, 2006
    i feel so left out. in minnesota E stands for empty.......except for snow.....
    or EEEEEK, i may never pick up a camera again after looking at your stuff.....
    laurie in rural minnesota

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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited January 30, 2006
    Dani wrote:
    must be nice to have eagles just sitting on the side of the road (at leat that looks like the side of a road) just waiting for their picture to be taken rolleyes1.gifhuh

    Hey Dani,

    Its nice to have an eagle's nest only a 15 minute from your house. :D That morning as I was driving to the Wetlands I saw an eagle perched on a power pole on the road into the Wetlands. Then after I got in I saw a juvenile bald eagle perched in a tree. He was chased from his perch by a mature bald eagle and landed two trees down. About 10 minutes after that as I was driving further through the Wetlands I saw these two sitting by the side of the road. Yep, its very nice.
    Harry
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited January 30, 2006
    ivar wrote:
    You know, egrets are pretty dumb birds:crazy.... I've had 2 fly into one of my engines, on of them when i was parked. They didn't make it. It smelled like chicken.

    Yeah birds ain't the smartest thing around but hey that's their nature. How do you explain all the humans who get soused before they drive their car or plane. When they crash it sure don't smell like chciken.
    Harry
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  • Osprey WhispererOsprey Whisperer Registered Users Posts: 3,803 Major grins
    edited January 30, 2006
    I'll give ya an "E" you old Eccentric...you. rolleyes1.gif



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    Nice captures, Harry. You better make sure those eagles stick around for a few more weeks. thumb.gifthumb.gif
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  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited January 30, 2006
    Nice egrets!

    I love the assertive looking one that Seamus picked out! Cool capture!

    I was on my way to try to find an egret with the only lens I have left right now when I noticed that there was something wrong with my camera.

    Has anyone else had to take a hair out of their camera...........the hair was lying on top of the sensor with a tad of hair to the side. Tweezers and a prayer, I am still shaking. (No, I don't mean my hand was shaking when I took it out. My insides were.) And needless to say, we did not go back out after birds.

    ginger
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  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited January 30, 2006
    Harryb wrote:
    Hey Dani,

    Its nice to have an eagle's nest only a 15 minute from your house. :D That morning as I was driving to the Wetlands I saw an eagle perched on a power pole on the road into the Wetlands. Then after I got in I saw a juvenile bald eagle perched in a tree. He was chased from his perch by a mature bald eagle and landed two trees down. About 10 minutes after that as I was driving further through the Wetlands I saw these two sitting by the side of the road. Yep, its very nice.


    I went back for another look at those two. Look like an old couple looking for a ride.

    You didn't offer?

    ginger
    After all is said and done, it is the sweet tea.
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited January 31, 2006
    Thusie wrote:
    No kidding!:D Shouldn't there me some sort of EGRET warning systemne_nau.gif

    What we really need is a tree rat elimination system. naughty.gif
    Harry
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited January 31, 2006
    Sigal wrote:
    For grEat rolleyes1.gifrofl

    Awesome photos.

    Beautiful !!!

    Sigal

    Thank you very much. wave.gif
    Harry
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited January 31, 2006
    Seamus wrote:
    That is the meanest egret I have ever seen, great capture H. thumb.gif

    Thanks Sean. That pose was a first for me.
    Harry
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  • ThusieThusie Registered Users Posts: 1,818 Major grins
    edited January 31, 2006
    Harryb wrote:
    Thanks Sean. That pose was a first for me.

    That Egret is one spiify shot. More the posture of a ticked of Canada goose:D
  • AngeloAngelo Super Moderators Posts: 8,937 moderator
    edited January 31, 2006
    Egret Fest??? ne_nau.gif


    To quote "sam malone": "Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in"
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited January 31, 2006
    Ahh music to my ears thumb.gif

    Are we starting Egret fest early I hope lol3.gif

    Absolutely not. I'm a traditionalist. Everyone knows that Egret Fest begins on March 1. We will not break with tradtion on my watch.


    Good series Harry
    Eagles by the side of the road, your killing me Harry!! rolleyes1.gif :lol

    Thanks Ben. Do you mean that everyone doesn't have eagles standing by the side of the road? rolleyes1.gif
    Harry
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  • Steve CaviglianoSteve Cavigliano Super Moderators Posts: 3,599 moderator
    edited January 31, 2006
    Is it that time of year again already? rolleyes1.gif By gosh you are correct Harry thumb.gif Everybody loves egrets, right? :D

    Good job buddy thumb.gifthumb.gif Nice kick off to the nesting/breeding season clap.gif You didn't have to show off those eagles again though....lol


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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited January 31, 2006
    livinginoz wrote:
    i feel so left out. in minnesota E stands for empty.......except for snow.....
    or EEEEEK, i may never pick up a camera again after looking at your stuff.....

    Sounds awful and I'm supposed to visit St Paul sometime in April. Please make sure y'all get that white stuff out of there by then.

    Thanks for the kind words and please pick up that camera again. :D
    Harry
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    How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"
  • SteveFSteveF Registered Users Posts: 466 Major grins
    edited January 31, 2006
    Hello,

    Most of the pictures I just look at.

    The really good ones (or series) I have my wife come look at.

    She enjoyed your shots too. thumb.gif


    aside - being from Minnesota as well, you never know about that white stuff. I've been water skiing in late April when it started snowing. rolleyes1.gif

    It has been an unusually warm winter, though, so I expect by April we'll have the egrets lined up for you. 1drink.gif
    Steve
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited February 1, 2006
    Nice captures, Harry. You better make sure those eagles stick around for a few more weeks. thumb.gifthumb.gif

    Nice PS work Mike. I'm doing my best to keep those guys around. I have even offered them fresh fish for modelling sessions.
    Harry
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    How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited February 1, 2006
    ginger_55 wrote:
    Nice egrets!

    I love the assertive looking one that Seamus picked out! Cool capture!

    I was on my way to try to find an egret with the only lens I have left right now when I noticed that there was something wrong with my camera.

    Has anyone else had to take a hair out of their camera...........the hair was lying on top of the sensor with a tad of hair to the side. Tweezers and a prayer, I am still shaking. (No, I don't mean my hand was shaking when I took it out. My insides were.) And needless to say, we did not go back out after birds.

    ginger

    Thanks Ginger. Next time you have a hair on your sensor trying using a good blower (i.e the Giotto Rocket Blower) on it before you get the tweezers out.

    I offered the eagles a ride but i guess thy wanted a fancier car, they turned me down. rolleyes1.gif
    Harry
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    How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited February 1, 2006
    Thusie wrote:
    That Egret is one spiify shot. More the posture of a ticked of Canada goose:D

    Thanks. He was just one ticked off cattle egret.
    Harry
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    How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited February 1, 2006
    Angelo wrote:
    Egret Fest??? ne_nau.gif


    To quote "sam malone": "Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in"

    Angelo, Angelo,

    As everyone knows March is the month of Egret Fest. Its a month to celebrate the joy of egrets rolleyes1.gif
    Harry
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    How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited February 1, 2006
    SteveF wrote:
    Hello,

    Most of the pictures I just look at.

    The really good ones (or series) I have my wife come look at.

    She enjoyed your shots too. thumb.gif


    aside - being from Minnesota as well, you never know about that white stuff. I've been water skiing in late April when it started snowing. rolleyes1.gif

    It has been an unusually warm winter, though, so I expect by April we'll have the egrets lined up for you. 1drink.gif

    Thanks Steve. I have fingers crossed with this St Paul visit. Two years in Florida has eliminated my snow tolerance level (which was never really high to begin with)..
    Harry
    http://behret.smugmug.com/ NANPA member
    How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"
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