Correcting Andy! priorities wrong.....

ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
edited August 10, 2006 in Wildlife
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The Stick, It Is The Stick, many sticks.......

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3/19/2006
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After all is said and done, it is the sweet tea.

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  • ThusieThusie Registered Users Posts: 1,818 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2006
    Great sticks Gingerthumb.gif the birds are very nice too.
  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2006
    What'd I do wrong now :uhoh
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  • Osprey WhispererOsprey Whisperer Registered Users Posts: 3,803 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2006
    Stick it to him, Ginger. rolleyes1.gif:D Nice series of shots by the way. I'm not following the comments, though. ne_nau.gifheadscratch.gif
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  • snapapplesnapapple Registered Users Posts: 2,093 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2006
    Bird Man Photographer wrote:
    Stick it to him, Ginger. rolleyes1.gif:D Nice series of shots by the way. I'm not following the comments, though. ne_nau.gifheadscratch.gif

    It's Spring! Right now, it's all about the sticks and twigs, not "all about the food". A joke guys, a joke:D
    She said you had your "priorities wrong". umph.gif For the birds, right now, it's all about the NEST not the food.mwink.gif
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  • snapapplesnapapple Registered Users Posts: 2,093 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2006
    Andy wrote:
    What'd I do wrong now :uhoh

    Nothing, Andy, nothing at all. Except maybe focus on food.:D

    To get your prioritis strait right now, remember the nest comes before the food. With men, it's hard to focus on priorities, they struggle between natures calls for food and sex all the time.mwink.gif
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  • snapapplesnapapple Registered Users Posts: 2,093 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2006
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    Did you spot the tiny blue egg here??? thumb.gif
    Priorities, priorities! The STICKS come first.

    Oh, by the way, VERY cool shots Ginger.thumb.gifthumb.gif
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  • DeeDee Registered Users Posts: 2,981 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2006
    What a pretty egg
    snapapple wrote:
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    Did you spot the tiny blue egg here??? thumb.gif
    Priorities, priorities! The STICKS come first.

    Oh, by the way, VERY cool shots Ginger.thumb.gifthumb.gif

    THANK YOU for pointing it out, I thoroughly missed it!
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2006
    good series Ginger thumb.gif
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  • Steve CaviglianoSteve Cavigliano Super Moderators Posts: 3,599 moderator
    edited March 20, 2006
    Very, very nice Ginger thumb.gifthumb.gif Love that lil blue Easter egg clap.gif

    OK, I hear ya about the sticks rolleyes1.gif But right after sticks, it's still all about the food rolleyes1.gif


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  • RohirrimRohirrim Registered Users Posts: 1,889 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2006
    Very nice series Ginger.
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  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2006
    A Really Nice Nest Shot, IMO
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    And, I am really surprised, but that is an egg! It is egg shaped, it has to be an egg. I looked in my Peterson's, it did not give egg colors, but coming in on it, well, it is either their egg, or something left over.

    I must have a gazillion Fetching Of Stick shots, and very, very few food shots!

    After the fetching of the sticks, this is what I saw happen! He was rebuffed, every time I saw, maybe she did not want to be filmed, smile.

    I couldn't get a real clear shot, but the "intentions" were clear. I am not sure of the biology at work here. I mean which comes first, the egret or the egg?

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    Thank you so much everyone for commenting! Snappy, I appreciate you bringing in the women's perspective rolleyes1.gif , clearing things up for Andy and all!

    No, Andy, you did nothing wrong. But all you guys, it is spring, I wonder what would happen if you all went out and brought "sticks" home, smile. Maybe for us, flowers have replaced sticks. Perhaps all the pregnant fathers could "weigh" in with their "tactics". Food or sticks????

    Thanks for the nice comments!

    ginger
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  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2006
    Egg Information: I googled it, and have a good site!
    1-6, usually 3, pale bluish-green eggs are laid. Both parents take turns to incubate the eggs and to feed the chicks. While most birds do not start incubating their eggs until the full clutch is laid, Great Egrets start incubating as soon as the first egg is laid. Thus Great Egret eggs hatch at different times about 25 days later.

    This is the site here, I have put in favorite places:


    http://www.naturia.per.sg/buloh/birds/Egretta_alba.htm
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2006
    ginger_55 wrote:
    1-6, usually 3, pale bluish-green eggs are laid. Both parents take turns to incubate the eggs and to feed the chicks. While most birds do not start incubating their eggs until the full clutch is laid, Great Egrets start incubating as soon as the first egg is laid. Thus Great Egret eggs hatch at different times about 25 days later.

    This is the site here, I have put in favorite places:


    http://www.naturia.per.sg/buloh/birds/Egretta_alba.htm

    They usualy end up with three hatchlings. The two older hatchlings will usually harass the younger until it dies or they push it out of the nest.
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  • Fusion_UKFusion_UK Registered Users Posts: 249 Major grins
    edited August 10, 2006
    Series +++
    Ginger,
    Excellent series, beautiful shots. Ian thumb.gif
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  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited August 10, 2006
    snapapple wrote:
    Nothing, Andy, nothing at all. Except maybe focus on food.:D

    To get your prioritis strait right now, remember the nest comes before the food. With men, it's hard to focus on priorities, they struggle between natures calls for food and sex all the time.mwink.gif
    they struggle between natures calls for food and sex all the time.mwink.gif
    __________________ you mean there is something else :uhoh rolleyes1.gifeek7.gif do not tell me there are three things to think aboutheadscratch.gif oh my god ne_nau.gif :cry
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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited August 10, 2006
    jwear wrote:
    they struggle between natures calls for food and sex all the time.mwink.gif
    __________________ you mean there is something else :uhoh rolleyes1.gifeek7.gif do not tell me there are three things to think aboutheadscratch.gif oh my god ne_nau.gif :cry

    Now you confused me trying to think of a third thing! Now I don't know if I'm horny or hungry! beer.gif Is beer a food?
  • ThusieThusie Registered Users Posts: 1,818 Major grins
    edited August 10, 2006
    beer.gif
    Is beer a food?


    Most certainly..it IS the 5th food grouprolleyes1.gif
  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited August 10, 2006
    Thusie wrote:
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    Most certainly..it IS the 5th food grouprolleyes1.gif

    Darn! Now I still have to think of a third thing.....11doh.gif
  • raptorcaptorraptorcaptor Registered Users Posts: 3,968 Major grins
    edited August 10, 2006
    Nice series Ginger! clap.gif
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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited August 10, 2006
    raptorcaptor wrote:
    Nice series Ginger! clap.gif

    15524779-Ti.gif Very nice, Ginger.
  • Dick on ArubaDick on Aruba Registered Users Posts: 3,484 Major grins
    edited August 10, 2006
    Excellent series Ginger. I love the overall golden colorcast.

    Thanks for sharing.

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