Tags
boat-tailed grackle, Edwin B Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, great egret, greater yellow legs, postaday, snow goose, song sparrow
Following are some scenes from the refuge that I photographed last Friday.
Scenes from a Refuge
18 Monday Oct 2021
Posted in EBF Refuge, Photography
neihtn 
Beautiful! It looks like the egret is ‘jumping for joy’! 🙂
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Thank you Julie! That egret should be named Petit Pas.
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Wonderful photos, as always! The boat-tiled grackles are such a beautiful blue!
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Thank you Bonnie!
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Wonderful shots, nice variety, Hien! Yay, on seeing Snow Geese!!
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Thank you Donna!
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Your photos are so fantastic! Would make awesome wall art
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Thank you Blondie! Once in a while have my photos framed, but that can become expensive very fast. 😜
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They sure can
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Do the Grackles look that blue to the naked eye? Your song sparrow is a long legged chap!
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The grackles appear darker than that, but when the sunlight is right their blue becomes more visible.
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Quite the beautiful and diverse album you’ve collected in one day, Hien!
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Thank you very much, Dries!
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Splendid captures, Hien! I love how you caught the purple-blue of the grackles and the grace of the egret, pure ballet!
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Thank you Eliza! Pure ballet is right for that egret.
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Beautiful birds and photos. How nice to have such an array of bird species there at the refuge.
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Thank you Katelon. I am fortunate indeed to live not too far away from the refuge.
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I love the last photo Hien!
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Thank you Aletta!
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This is a wonderful array of beautiful bird scenes at the Edwin B. Forsyth NWR, Hien. You did a good job of sharing the activities of all these feathered friends, but I especially enjoyed the grace and elegance of the landing egret in the final photo.
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Thank you Jet! The cold weather is late but it is coming, at which time the refuge will be more deserted. The egrets will go south, but winter ducks will replace them.
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Hien–these are all so pretty. The noisy bath is fun–look at the other birds all looking at him! Too cute. But the graceful landing is wonderful.
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Thank you Lois! The bather was making a lot of noise and that was what attracted my attention.
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amazing captures, Hien! the first and last photos are simply beautiful!
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Thank you Wilma!
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I have always loved grackles. We don’t see them here very much any more.
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Would you know why the grackles seem rare in your part of the country? Where I am there seems to be more of them in the past few years.
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I do not know. Many species have moved on from our region in the last few years. We used to have flocks of Evening Grosbeaks but they have been gone for years. The bluejays seems to be coming back but two years ago there was nary a one.
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Hello Mr. Hien,
These are beautiful! I love the Greater Yellow Legs taking a bath 🙂
Hope you are doing well.
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That Greater Yellow Legs taking a bath was noisy and I turned to look and took the shot. Thanks Takami!
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All are awesome, but the Grackles in blue attire are spectacular!
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Indeed, and they were not camera shy!
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