
Posts Tagged ‘snowy egret’
Backlit
Posted: December 8, 2020 in birdsTags: backlit, birds, lighting, Nature, Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch, snowy egret
Everything is black and white
Posted: December 7, 2020 in birdsTags: American pelican, American pelicans, birds, black and white, cormorants, fishing birds, Nature, Pearl Harbor Day, pelicans, photo bombing, quotes about black and white, Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch, snowy egret
Although when in the sleepy pod the first day I saw them these American pelicans looked, with the exception of their exceptional beaks, completely white, on this day they were showing off their underlying black decorative touches.
“Life is better in black and white!”
― Avijeet Das
“When you photograph people in color, you photograph their clothes. But when you photograph people in black and white, you photograph their souls!”
― Ted Grant
Does this count for birds, too? Stretch those wings!
“The most colorful thing in the world is black and white, it contains all colors and at the same time excludes all.”
― Vikrmn, 10 Alone
Little photo bombing snowy egret in the background.
Photo bombing again, but in aggressive cormorant black. Doesn’t the middle pelican look as if it has its proverbial hands on proverbial hips in annoyance?
It’s also Pearl Harbor Day here in the U.S. as well as my mom’s and good friend’s birthdays. Can you imagine living in California and having your birthday on Pearl Harbor Day? Not the best birthday my mom ever had!
No, I’m not drinking the Kool-Aid
Posted: November 6, 2020 in Six-Word SaturdayTags: #6ws, #SWS, birds, don't drink the kool-aid, Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch, Six Word Saturday, Six-Word Saturday, snowy egret
Splash
Posted: November 1, 2020 in One Word SundayTags: #onewordsunday, #OWS, egret fishing, One Word Sunday, One Word Sunday: splash, Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch, snowy egret, splash
Lens-Artists Challenge #120 – What A Treat!
Posted: October 24, 2020 in Lens-Artist Photo ChallengeTags: Arizona birds, birds, Lens Artists Photo Challenge, Lens-Artist Photo Challenge, Lens-Artist Photo Challenge: What a Treat!, Mt. Lemmon Arizona, Northern Shoveler, Riparian Preserve, Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch, roseate spoonbill, snowy egret, Steller's Jay
Last week was a treat as far as my birding “career” goes, as I saw my first spoonbill and osprey at the Preserve. But I’ve already posted about them, so when I saw today’s theme/challenge, I was disappointed. However, I quickly realized I had more treats to share.
We’ll start again at the Riparian Preserve, my soul food walking spot here in Gilbert. While three birders with enormous lenses sat on their portable stools on the opposite side of the lake, I realized that if I followed the direction of their lenses, I could likely see whatever they were seeing but from a different and much closer angle. What I saw was this snowy egret primping. Try doing that on one foot at home!

While snowy egrets are a dime a dozen (yet still full of surprises and always worth photos), this was the first spotting for me of a Northern Shoveler trying to keep a low profile among a bunch of coots. Joni Mitchell may think you don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone, but I didn’t know what I’d got until I zoomed in on my photos. Pretty snazzy gent, I’d say.

Final treat for that day, another sighting of the roseate spoonbill perched high atop a pole. Must be more difficult to preen when your bill’s spoon-shaped than for the snowy egret with its thin, pointed bill.
(more…)Wordless Wednesday…Nina, pretty ballerina
Posted: June 24, 2020 in birds, Wordless WednesdayTags: ballet, birds, en pointe, heron, Nature, Riparian Preserve, snowy egret
