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Herons and Egrets

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Posted by Kurt Bowman on June 28, 2009 at 6:59 PM
Herons and Egrets
Well, Dan sure made this a VERY hard act to follow. I found a few of the youngsters had started flying, a couple that could not fly yet were trying to feed themseleves by hoping down to the shore and I threw in an extra shot from the park this morning (duckling) for cute points...first one is coming in for a landing
Posted by Kurt Bowman on June 28, 2009 at 7:00 PM
making the turn
Posted by Kurt Bowman on June 28, 2009 at 7:01 PM
waiting for breakfast
Posted by Kurt Bowman on June 28, 2009 at 7:02 PM
making my own breakfast
Posted by Kurt Bowman on June 28, 2009 at 7:03 PM
just for cute points
Posted by Don George on June 28, 2009 at 7:19 PM
Nice group of images. Caught the first one right on. Thought you were in the Everglades for a moment :smile:
Posted by Dan Walters on June 28, 2009 at 7:53 PM
Nice shots Kurt. I noticed that the immature herons were on the limbs contemplating if they should try out their wings. Glad you caught them in the act!
Posted by John Mumaw on June 28, 2009 at 8:11 PM
Well, Dan sure made this a VERY hard act to follow.

Yeah, but you held your own!
Great job in holding the exposure with the white birds. And yes, you scored major cute points with that last one.
Excellent captures, Kurt!
Posted by bill meikle on June 28, 2009 at 9:09 PM
Well done Kurt, there were young ones flying when I was there but they are really hard to predict. Number 1 is great, you might clone out the sticks on the right side. You got close to the ducklings too!
Posted by Jody Grigg on June 28, 2009 at 9:26 PM
Great collection Kurt. #2 is my favorite.
Posted by Kelly Black on June 29, 2009 at 2:16 AM
Nice set! Love the duckling, it's definitely high on the cute factor. I think you did very well with all of the images.
Posted by Don Grall on June 29, 2009 at 2:31 AM
That looks like a very fun time, congratulations on a stellar day!
Posted by Stan Rose on June 29, 2009 at 11:06 AM
Cool! I like #2 and the cute chick (cant beat cute chicks! :biggrin: )
Id clone out the extraneous branches in #1.
Posted by Kurt Bowman on June 29, 2009 at 11:21 AM
Thanks everyone for your comments!! Stan and Bill, I decided to leave the branches in to show he was landing, but it doesn't sound like it is helping tell that story , so thank you for the suggestions! :biggrin: