My first BIF

[StevenV]

On vacation at the beach, but I had to stop in and post this... this... um, white thing with wings. :scratch Yea, ok, so this is probably easy for you guys & gals - I just don't know birds. :dunno


http://static.flickr.com/63/172137664_e4e303f979_o_d.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenv/172137664/)

[Dick on Aruba]

It's not easy to shoot BIF's. It needs a lot of practice. I think for your first BIF you did well.

That -white thing with wings- is called a "Snowy Egret" or sometimes called a "Great white egret".

Well done Steve!

Thanks for sharing.

Dick.

[gluwater]

It's not easy to shoot BIF's. It needs a lot of practice. I think for your first BIF you did well.

That -white thing with wings- is called a "Snowy Egret" or sometimes called a "Great white egret".

Well done Steve!

Thanks for sharing.

Dick.

I agree, you did good Steve. But Dick, a Snowy Egret and a Great Egret are two different birds. An easy way to tell them apart is that a Snowy Egret has a black beak and a Great Egret has a yellow beak.

[StevenV]

thanks guys. I meant that identifying the creature would be easier for (some of) you; I knew y'all would come through.

[Osprey Whisperer]

That -white thing with wings- is called a "Snowy Egret" or sometimes called a "Great white egret".



Dick.


Actually the "Snowy egret" and the "great <white> egret are two different birds. The Great Egret is much larger than the "snowy" and lacks the bright YELLOW feet. The beak of the great egret is also yellow and the snowy's is black. Both have yellow behind their beack (around their eye). This will change during mating season.

Here is some info if you are really interested.

Great Egret:
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Great_Egret.html

http://www.pbase.com/blindmustangpilot/image/58122209

Snowy Egret
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Snowy_Egret.html

http://www.pbase.com/blindmustangpilot/image/45608304

There is also a cattle egret that is rather common......and from a distance can easily be confused for a "snowy"

Cattle Egret.
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Cattle_Egret.html


Nice first BIF attempt.

<little slow on the uptake......thanks for beating me to it...Nick>

[Dick on Aruba]

Thanks Nick & Mike for making me wiser and kicking my behind :wxwax:D

Like a Gull is not a Tern and a Crocodile not a aligator, so is the Great -white- Egret not equal to the Snowy Egret. :dunno


Well...next time I say what it is and don't mention what it is called by some unless I be clear about it.

Dick.

[StevenV]

so this was a Great Egret?

[rosselliot]

cool shot...and don't worry, I would be in the same boat of not knowing what the heck that is....maybe we should start a club?....hahah

- RE

[Dick on Aruba]

so this was a Great Egret?

Yeah :rofl

Dick.

[Harryb]

Congrats on your first BIF. The first one is always the hardest.