A little Respite from all the BULL ELK

tcknight

Thought you guys may enjoy this for a change. I took this in a wildlife refuge lake which had short bushy cypress trees growing in it. An estimated 45,000 snowy egrets and other birds nested in these trees each year. This photo was taken at about 4:00 AM one summer morning about 8 years ago. The lens was open for 90 seconds if memory serves. It is mostly snowy egrets, but if you look close you can see one wood stork with a pink head.

slimjim

Beautiful, tc! Looks like a Christmas tree a lit up!

Elvis

very pretty

Suzanne

Way cool photo!! Yeah looks like Christmas. You can see their comfort zone is pretty small, wonder if there's a lot of bickering goin on. I've seen blue herons in trees around here and they're more solitary nesters. We get small batches of swans here, like to see them in a tree. (that just cracked me up)

Suz

Bushmaster

Oh great...Now you've got everyone with their noses right next to the screen looking for a "pink head".

Nice photo...

Pumpkinslinger

Wow! That is a beautiful photo! Thanks for sharing that.

tcknight

Bushmaster wrote:

Oh great...Now you've got everyone with their noses right next to the screen looking for a "pink head"

tcknight

Thanks every body! I'm glad you enjoyed that. Very Happy

Vince

slimjim wrote:

Beautiful, tc! Looks like a Christmas tree a lit up!

It does, doesn't it Slim...looks great.

Cheers, Vince

PaulS

There are two pink heads in that photo....

Bushmaster

And yer nose has a flat end now. Not to mention all the nose prints on the screen. Laughing

Good Morning Paul.

tcknight

Bushmaster wrote:

And yer nose has a flat end now. Not to mention all the nose prints on the screen. Laughing

I have to admit. I have a huge print on my office wall and I can't find the other one. I'll keep looking.

BTW, this is a long exposure. The blurred blobs of white are the guys who decided to roll over in their sleep. Smile

PaulS

Keep looking... I didn't look at all - It was just a comment to see how many would look close enough....

I would apologize but it is just too funny.

Vince

Can't find no pink heads TC...But I have found what I believe to be an OWL.

Cheers, Vince

Bushmaster

Oh brother.............