This was the first Great Egret I saw at the refuge this Spring. It was still cold and quite windy so it did not stay too long.
Great Egret.
Great Egret starting its flight.
Great Egret airborne.
Great Egret
24 Saturday Mar 2018
Posted in EBF Refuge, Photography
neihtn 
A harbinger of Spring,Hien!Beautiful the Great Egret,stunning your photos as always 🙂
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Doda, Spring is dragging its feet this year. Snow fell again yesterday in our area.
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I know,seasons are in turmoil in many parts of the world,UK had a White Easter,they experienced the coldest Easter on record.
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Oh la la, like the French say!
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Nice captures, my pick is the second one with the open wings. All great.
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Thank you John!
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Those beautiful feathers, dragged in the mud. 🙂 It makes it that much more interesting.
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Breeding season brings out the best feathers and the green color around the egret’s eyes, although they are not yet at their peak for this egret.
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I always forget about the changes around the eyes! In Spring it’s always easy to see why so many egrets were killed for the feather trade, way back when. Thank god that no longer happens!
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Your area has the coolest looking birds
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It does, and that’s another nice surprise that this state offers.
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Beautiful bird. I love the photos….standing….to flight.
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Thank you Katelon!
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Congrats on this capture….cold and windy was probably an understatement.
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Thanks Michael. That was my first outing since our latest Nor’Easter, and I think that storm was still in the area somewhere. 🙂
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The wings of angels!
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Eliza, you are right, of course!
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I loved the details in the feathers in the first image, but they’re all great!
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Thanks Jerry! These were taken with the 7D II.
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Gorgeous photos!
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Thank you Cindy!
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What a beauty, Hien. I love the feathers fluttering in the first photo.
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Egrets are among the most photogenic birds, especially in flight as you have noticed, Lois.
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