My first BIF

StevenV

On vacation at the beach, but I had to stop in and post this... this... um, white thing with wings. :scratch Yea, ok, so this is probably easy for you guys & gals - I just don't know birds. :dunno

Dick on Aruba

It's not easy to shoot BIF's. It needs a lot of practice. I think for your first BIF you did well.

That -white thing with wings- is called a "Snowy Egret" or sometimes called a "Great white egret".

Well done Steve!

Thanks for sharing.

Dick.

gluwater

Dick on Aruba wrote:

It's not easy to shoot BIF's. It needs a lot of practice. I think for your first BIF you did well.

That -white thing with wings- is called a "Snowy Egret" or sometimes called a "Great white egret".

Well done Steve!

Thanks for sharing.

Dick.

I agree, you did good Steve. But Dick, a Snowy Egret and a Great Egret are two different birds. An easy way to tell them apart is that a Snowy Egret has a black beak and a Great Egret has a yellow beak.

StevenV

thanks guys. I meant that identifying the creature would be easier for (some of) you; I knew y'all would come through.

Osprey Whisperer

Dick on Aruba wrote:

That -white thing with wings- is called a "Snowy Egret" or sometimes called a "Great white egret".



Dick.

Actually the "Snowy egret" and the "great <white> egret are two different birds. The Great Egret is much larger than the "snowy" and lacks the bright YELLOW feet. The beak of the great egret is also yellow and the snowy's is black. Both have yellow behind their beack (around their eye). This will change during mating season.

Here is some info if you are really interested.

Great Egret:
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Great_Egret.html

http://www.pbase.com/blindmustangpilot/image/58122209

Snowy Egret
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Snowy_Egret.html

http://www.pbase.com/blindmustangpilot/image/45608304

There is also a cattle egret that is rather common......and from a distance can easily be confused for a "snowy"

Cattle Egret.
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Cattle_Egret.html


Nice first BIF attempt.

<little slow on the uptake......thanks for beating me to it...Nick>

Dick on Aruba

Thanks Nick & Mike for making me wiser and kicking my behind D

Like a Gull is not a Tern and a Crocodile not a aligator, so is the Great -white- Egret not equal to the Snowy Egret.


Well...next time I say what it is and don't mention what it is called by some unless I be clear about it.

Dick.

StevenV

so this was a Great Egret?

rosselliot

cool shot...and don't worry, I would be in the same boat of not knowing what the heck that is....maybe we should start a club?....hahah

- RE

Dick on Aruba

StevenV wrote:

so this was a Great Egret?

Yeah

Dick.

Harryb

Congrats on your first BIF. The first one is always the hardest.