as Egret Fest ends

HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
edited April 2, 2006 in Wildlife
Hi Y'all,

I went back to St. Augustine as I can't think of a better place to be for Egret Fest. I found that theEgret Fest tree had been decorated
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A lot of the same stuff was going on -
nests were being built

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There had been some changes too....
The snowy egrets had started theii nest building
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and in some of the nests.....
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here's a crop of the days old hatchling
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I can't think of a better way to end my Egret Fest posts than with an introduction to some of the potential stars of Egret Fest 2007
Harry
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  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited March 29, 2006
    That first photo, the Egret Tree, that is a scary thought!rolleyes1.gif

    You have babies down there already? Oh, my, must be warm!

    I love your Avatar!

    Nice photos,

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  • RohirrimRohirrim Registered Users Posts: 1,889 Major grins
    edited March 29, 2006
    Awesome series Harry.thumb.gif Lovely captures! That last chick is a great one, impressive sharpness with that small of a crop!
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  • dragon300zxdragon300zx Registered Users Posts: 2,575 Major grins
    edited March 29, 2006
    I think egret fest shouldn't begin till the end of march and end at the end of april so us northerners can contribute without having to head down south.
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  • ThusieThusie Registered Users Posts: 1,818 Major grins
    edited March 29, 2006
    That tree in the first shot is somethingeek7.gif Love the crop of the youngster, nice series Harry.
  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited March 29, 2006
    Sweet baby lizard??? That last one?? Will it lose its hair and be a Spielberg movie star, smile!

    Cool!

    ginger

    Interesting to me that the Snowy Egret seems to have turned red, his feet, and that strip on his face. I know the Night Heron's fancy turns to blushing feet. It appears that the Snowy does the same thing. I also read that a Great Egret's fancy turns its beak yellow?
    After all is said and done, it is the sweet tea.
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 29, 2006
    ginger_55 wrote:
    That first photo, the Egret Tree, that is a scary thought!rolleyes1.gif

    You have babies down there already? Oh, my, must be warm!

    I love your Avatar!

    Nice photos,

    ginger

    Hey Ginger,

    This is Florida we are always warm. :D Thanks for stopping by,
    Harry
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 30, 2006
    Rohirrim wrote:
    Awesome series Harry.thumb.gif Lovely captures! That last chick is a great one, impressive sharpness with that small of a crop!

    Thanks Steve. The D2X gives me lots of room to crop.
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  • BigAlBigAl Registered Users Posts: 2,294 Major grins
    edited March 30, 2006
    Harryb wrote:
    Thanks Steve. The D2X gives me lots of room to crop.
    But it needs to be sharp in the first place mwink.gif

    Great shots Harry (says he enviously with autumn approaching)!
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  • PaavoPaavo Registered Users Posts: 108 Major grins
    edited March 30, 2006
    Harry, have the snowys started their gurgling noises yet? rolleyes1.gif Love the little chicky in the last shot.
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  • Osprey WhispererOsprey Whisperer Registered Users Posts: 3,803 Major grins
    edited March 30, 2006
    Nice set of shots, Harry. thumb.gif I should get off my butt and PP some egret shots for the last days of "egret fest". ahhhh maybe not. rolleyes1.gif I'm so far behind in PP I better lock up the camera for the next few months.
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  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited March 30, 2006
    harry did mike get at your avatar ne_nau.gif you have more egrets in the tree tha we do in so calif:cry and the last shot save it for halloween thumb.gif d2x stands for 2x the shot yes headscratch.gif
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  • FroggyFroggy Registered Users Posts: 610 Major grins
    edited March 30, 2006
    Wow!!
    Harry you got this photography thing down.....lol, Great shots, It's always awesome to see chicks in the nest, something about seeing those new life shots, Awesome Man.thumb.gif
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 30, 2006
    dragon300zx wrote:
    I think egret fest shouldn't begin till the end of march and end at the end of april so us northerners can contribute without having to head down south.

    I think you have an excellent point and will consider it for Egret Fest 2007.
    Harry
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  • robert mccanerobert mccane Registered Users Posts: 166 Major grins
    edited March 30, 2006
    your shot's are alwey's great good jobclap.gif
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 30, 2006
    Thusie wrote:
    That tree in the first shot is somethingeek7.gif Love the crop of the youngster, nice series Harry.

    Thanks Thusie. The first time I saw that tree it was sensory overload. Too many photo ops in one spot. I was overwhelmed.
    Harry
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 30, 2006
    ginger_55 wrote:
    Sweet baby lizard??? That last one?? Will it lose its hair and be a Spielberg movie star, smile!

    Cool!

    ginger

    Interesting to me that the Snowy Egret seems to have turned red, his feet, and that strip on his face. I know the Night Heron's fancy turns to blushing feet. It appears that the Snowy does the same thing. I also read that a Great Egret's fancy turns its beak yellow?

    Most of the birds take on some color change during mating with the cattle egret's being the most dramatic. the great egret's beak stays yellow but they get the green lore around their face, the tri-colors bill turns light blue and the snowys get the red coloring.
    Harry
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 30, 2006
    BigAl wrote:
    But it needs to be sharp in the first place mwink.gif

    Great shots Harry (says he enviously with autumn approaching)!

    Thanks Al. Autumn, that's when the temps drop to 80. rolleyes1.gif
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 30, 2006
    Paavo wrote:
    Harry, have the snowys started their gurgling noises yet? rolleyes1.gif Love the little chicky in the last shot.

    Yep, the snowys are making that funny gutteral sound.
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  • CookieSCookieS Registered Users Posts: 854 Major grins
    edited March 30, 2006
    Hmmm HARRY, ALWAYS warm in FL....? where were you last week when i woke up and had to scrape frost of my truck window at 7:00 last sunday. hmmmmmmmm

    Great shots ;)
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 31, 2006
    Bird Man Photographer wrote:
    Nice set of shots, Harry. thumb.gif I should get off my butt and PP some egret shots for the last days of "egret fest". ahhhh maybe not. rolleyes1.gif I'm so far behind in PP I better lock up the camera for the next few months.

    Thanks Mike. I'm so far behind in my post work its not funny. I still have a bunch of shots from the Merritt Island shoot to work up, a couple of hundred eagle shots, and a batch of shots from last November still in the hopper.

    I'm limiting myself to shooting once a week until I catch up. Once I catch up on teh post work I then have to do my back-ups. rolleyes1.gif
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  • Osprey WhispererOsprey Whisperer Registered Users Posts: 3,803 Major grins
    edited March 31, 2006
    I hear you Harry. I've still got several hundred shots from MI3 to PP along with several more hundred shots from the local birding places. It's so much more fun and easier to press that shiny silver button. :D It doesn't help with all the company that come down this time of year. I've still got one more load of snow birds coming next week. Then I'm FREEEEEEEEE :uhoh umph.gif
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 31, 2006
    jwear wrote:
    harry did mike get at your avatar ne_nau.gif you have more egrets in the tree tha we do in so calif:cry and the last shot save it for halloween thumb.gif d2x stands for 2x the shot yes headscratch.gif

    No it wasn't Mike but some other miscreant who got at my avatar. We do have a surplus of egrets in that tree. :D
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 31, 2006
    Froggy wrote:
    Harry you got this photography thing down.....lol, Great shots, It's always awesome to see chicks in the nest, something about seeing those new life shots, Awesome Man.thumb.gif

    Thanks Froggy. I just recently saw The March of the Penguins and I am always amazed at what the birds go through to mate and raise their young.
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 31, 2006
    Bird Man Photographer wrote:
    I hear you Harry. I've still got several hundred shots from MI3 to PP along with several more hundred shots from the local birding places. It's so much more fun and easier to press that shiny silver button. :D It doesn't help with all the company that come down this time of year. I've still got one more load of snow birds coming next week. Then I'm FREEEEEEEEE :uhoh umph.gif

    I have the same problem with snow birds stopping by. rolleyes1.gif I really want to concentrate on my PP but Linda insists that I have a life in addition to my photography. Women!!! :D
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 31, 2006
    robert mccane wrote:
    your shot's are alwey's great good jobclap.gif

    Thank you Robert.
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  • gluwatergluwater Registered Users Posts: 3,599 Major grins
    edited March 31, 2006
    Harryb wrote:
    Thanks Mike. I'm so far behind in my post work its not funny. I still have a bunch of shots from the Merritt Island shoot to work up, a couple of hundred eagle shots, and a batch of shots from last November still in the hopper.

    I'm limiting myself to shooting once a week until I catch up. Once I catch up on teh post work I then have to do my back-ups. rolleyes1.gif

    Harry this almost sounds like the "W" word :nono.
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited April 1, 2006
    CookieS wrote:
    Hmmm HARRY, ALWAYS warm in FL....? where were you last week when i woke up and had to scrape frost of my truck window at 7:00 last sunday. hmmmmmmmm

    Great shots ;)

    Frost????ne_nau.gifheadscratch.gif I missed that. We might get one or two days a year when it gets a tad chilly but frost ne_nau.gif Are you sure you were in Florida? :D

    Thanks for stopping by.
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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,952 moderator
    edited April 2, 2006
    I'm kinda late to the party. Dog ate my homework...

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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited April 2, 2006
    gluwater wrote:
    Harry this almost sounds like the "W" word :nono.

    Doesn't it, but fortunately I'm not getting paid so it doesn't qualify as the "W" thingie. rolleyes1.gif
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