Saturday, August 28, 2010

Dancing reddish egret















The reddish egrets have got to be one of the most animated birds there are. And the one above has got to be one of the most photographed at Fort Desoto. The north beach marsh at Fort Desoto was at low tide. I walked up and sat down on the sand and watched this egret for at least half an hour. He kept jumping around back and forth. He looked like he would take off and then stick his head under the water and come up with a fish. They lift their wings up to shade the water so they can see the fish better. They do it so gracefully. This one kept sort of half flying around. He almost seemed to be performing for me. He was also eating quite a bit of fish. He slowed down after a while and stopped to preen. I headed down the beach to find my hubby.

8 comments:

  1. superb photos of a bird I would love to see

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  2. A beautiful dance Dina. You were lucky to see and photograph it.
    Costas

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  3. It's nearly impossible to pick my favorite but the 5th photo is super amazing! I never see anything like this at Ft. Desoto because 1.) I'm chasing kids and 2.) Kids are chasing the birds. I'm envious!

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  4. Nice sequence of shots. Love the last two particularly!

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  5. Terrific series of shots. I particularly like the first one. I don't think I've ever seen one of these guys in SRQ.

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  6. Wonderful and terrific sequence Dina. Wow I'm stunned!

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  7. Nice set of bird photographs Dina. Very nice. I wish we had your variety around here.

    Thanks for coming by my birds blog and commenting on the Ruby Throated Hummer.

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  8. The egret looks like it is dancing on the water:)

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