Great Egret

Lumix G5, Lumix 100-300mm

Continuing with my series of bird and wildlife pictures, this was taken in the North Bay.

--Warren

Egret in Flight

Lumix G5, Lumix 100-300mm

It's always a challenge to get pictures of birds in flight, but it's fun.

--Warren

MYSTERY BIRD

I was able to get some pics today of one of the young mystery birds. There were two but now I can only find one. I am hoping they just needed separate hunting grounds because I saw them together a couple times before.

~Carl~

Snowy Egret Found Its Dinner

Lumix DMC-G5, Lumix 100-300mm



--Warren

Snowy Egret Looking for Dinner

Lumix DMC-G5, Lumix 100-300mm

Gung Hay Fat Choy (Happy New Year) everyone!

Another bird image from my recent visit to Heron's Head Park at India Basin.

--Warren

Snowy Egret

Panasonic DMC-G1, Lumix 45-200mm

One of my favorite birds... :)

--Warren

Hunting Partners

Panasonic DMC-G1, Lumix 45-200mm

Seen at Bodega Bay.


--Warren

Snowy Egret

Panasonic DMC-G1, Lumix 45-200mm

I think these birds are particularly beautiful in-flight.

--Warren

Egret at Elkhorn Slough

Panasonic DMC-G1, Lumix 45-200mm

Wildlife silhouette art :)

An egret hunts at sunset, the golden light creates a great background for a profile shot of the bird.

I watched the bird's hunting technique with great interest. Have you ever seen this? It would stir up the silt with one of its claws to disturb the creatures that live in there. The egret sees it and snatches it quickly with its beak.

--Warren

Great Egret in Flight

Lumix DMC-GF1, Lumix 45-200mm

We went for a walk at Redwood Shores to take advantage of the summer-like weather last Sunday.

There were many shorebirds there including this Great Egret. I have some shots of this egret in a similar pose as the Great Blue Heron that I posted recently. Then the egret had enough of me stalking it and took off. I was not really prepared for its flight, but I was lucky to get this one shot of it in the air with its wings extended.

--Warren

A Rare Picture by Jill, Our Resident Artist

Nikon N65, Nikon 28-85mm AFD

Please excuse the awful scan job. I scanned this on my flatbed scanner from a 4x6 print that Jill sent to me.

I told her that it was a great picture, and that I was going to post it to the forum. I believe this Egret was seen and photographed at Stow Lake. Jill will have to confirm when she comes online one of these days.

As you'll recall, Martin and I both took pictures of a bird that I think we erroneously called a crane when in fact, it was probably an egret like this one. Our pictures were posted 2 years apart, and here is Jill's version shot another two years from the last one!

If you do a search for "crane", you'll see the other pictures. Interestingly, all three pictures were taken with film cameras. This morning, I saw Martin in Golden Gate Park and he tells me that he is now stalking birds with his new Canon DSLR.

--Warren