Meal Time

Gallery: AvianPosted February 9, 2011123 views8 comments

Here's another of the my Reddish Egret series from last spring - thanks for all of the kind and constructive comments on my last post - very helpful. I had been tracking this adult Reddish Egret as it landed on these mangroves. All of a sudden a chick popped its head up and the feeding session began, I had no idea there was a nest buried in there - great fun.

Canon 7D, 600 MM, 1/1000 @ f 6.3, ISO 400
Manual exp., pattern metering, tripod, 45% of FF

Commets and critiques greatly appreciated

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Harry Harris on February 9, 2011 at 11:24 PM

Randy, All I can say is WOW and what a wonderful suprise.

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Comment posted by Alan Murphy on February 9, 2011 at 11:28 PM

Fantastic action. Could not be better.

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Comment posted by Marc Dubuc on February 10, 2011 at 12:04 AM

Very nice picture showing a very interesting interaction between the chick and the adult bird. Congratulations!

Registered on January 4, 2011, 59 Posts, 229 Comments

Comment posted by Wayne Rhodus on February 10, 2011 at 8:38 AM

Wonderful moment and interaction between the egrets Randy. The details, color and light are all excellent.

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Comment posted by Karen Summers on February 10, 2011 at 3:25 PM

wow what a catch to get that image you must have had a huge grin on your face after that, lovely clear image

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on February 10, 2011 at 5:12 PM

This would have been fun just to observe, much less photograph Randy. Really like the behavior, especially with the youngster poking its head up - seemingly out of nowhere.

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on February 11, 2011 at 10:19 AM

I too like the action here Randy. Cool to see the young bird "attacking" the adult to get its food. I used the word attack because after watching so many wading bird parents feed their young it always struck me how aggressive the young birds were. Always interesting to watch.

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on February 11, 2011 at 8:21 PM

Randy,

Great interaction between the adult and chick, love the wing position of the adult, the view of both eyes of the birds and the setting. Great natural colors, details & sharpness.

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