Cattle Egrets

If you have ever saw Cattle Egrets following a bulldozer at a construction site, you would think they would be easy to approach and photograph. They will get right under moving construction equipment to capture insects being dug up. But if you try to approach them for a photograph, the slightest movement by the photographer sends them off in flight. I took a few shots at the Viera Wetlands today.........

1.
http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/s...Egret_6690.jpg

2.
http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/s...Egret_6697.jpg

3.
http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/s...Egret_6707.jpg

4.
http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/s...Egret_6710.jpg

5.
http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/s...Egret_6695.jpg

6.
http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/s...Egret_6727.jpg

Great set. I think you nailed the 3rd and 5th. Look great! The others are good also but I like the 3rd and 5th the most. The background and foreground look really well together. Great DOF. The 5th has that distracting blurr on the bottom left hand side but other than that great pictures.

Great set pf pictures. I particularly like the picturee of it flying with a stick in its mouth. I have spent a lot of time photographing egrets and herons and it seems that they continue to gather material for their nests and keep it checked for tightness.

Horace Best
Goldsboro NC

beautiful bird !

Well looks like you did a good job..aldo the dificulties getting the shots. Beatiful subject to photo to.

very nice pics

Wonderful series, my favourite is the one flying with the stick.