Meh...some egrets and herons.

[Maestro]

Toward the end of July I went out to one of the well known birding spots in Dallas. It is White Rock Lake in far northeast Dallas. During the winter there are oogles of migrating birds there. It is a very interesting place. Now...not so much, but I did find the ubiquitous herons and egrets.

First I saw this guy, Great Egret

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v116/maestros/Nature/Waterfowl/Wading%20Birds/Great_Egret2.jpg

I asked him to move a bit to the left. He squawked at me. He was probably hurling egret profanity at me.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v116/maestros/Nature/Waterfowl/Wading%20Birds/Great_Egret.jpg

He started to walk off.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v116/maestros/Nature/Waterfowl/Wading%20Birds/Great_Egret5.jpg

Then jumped into some reeds.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v116/maestros/Nature/Waterfowl/Wading%20Birds/Great_Egret8.jpg

And that was it. Like I said...meh. :rolleyes

I went over to the old fish hatchery and spillway. The spillway had some nice action.

Let's see...Black Crowned Night Heron wading...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v116/maestros/Nature/Waterfowl/Wading%20Birds/Black_crowned_NH.jpg

A different Black Crowned Night Heron wading....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v116/maestros/Nature/Waterfowl/Wading%20Birds/Black_Crowned_Night_Heron2-1.jpg

Wait, I have some action. Wading with mouth closed.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v116/maestros/Nature/Waterfowl/Wading%20Birds/Black_Crowned_Night_Heron6.jpg

Wading with mouth opened.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v116/maestros/Nature/Waterfowl/Wading%20Birds/Black_crowned_NH7.jpg

The action was so fever-pitched that a snowy came by to see what was going on. It proceeded to wade in the water too. :huh

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v116/maestros/Nature/Waterfowl/Wading%20Birds/Snowy_egret.jpg

I decided that I had had enough action for one day. But as luck would have it. Some bird poo and a lot of noise caught my attention. I set my tripod back up and focused my lens to find just about every feral monk parakeet in the Dallas area in one tree. I will show you just two of them.

The first one was alone at first.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v116/maestros/Nature/Small%20Birds/Monk_parakeet.jpg

Then it was joined. I don't know if sweet-nothings were exchanged or some unkindness but this is what happened.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v116/maestros/Nature/Small%20Birds/Monk_parakeets.jpg

Then they lock beaks.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v116/maestros/Nature/Small%20Birds/Monk_parakeets2.jpg

Oh well, but luckily when I left, the action really took off. Scroll down.
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Two turtles were sunning!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v116/maestros/Nature/turtles.jpg

Like I said, meh. Return to work. Enough bandwidth has been wasted. :D

[LCD]

Nice shots. I think the egret was screeching profanity because you chopped off his feet :D .
I especially like the first heron shot.
Nice work.
Lisa

[Maestro]

Nice shots. I think the egret was screeching profanity because you chopped off his feet :D .
I especially like the first heron shot.
Nice work.
Lisa

Yes, that did bother too after the fact. I didn't notice that at the time. :scratch Thanks for looking and commenting. I appreciate it.

[LCD]

All too often I notice after the fact too. I think I'm learning to watch more as I shoot, but it's not easy when you have such elusive targets!

[Ric Grupe]

The BCNH reminds me of a penguin.:rofl

Very nice group, Stephen. :clap

[dbaker1221]

very nice assortment! well done:clap

[raptorcaptor]

Nice series Stephen! :thumb Texas is one of the places I'd like to shoot at!

[Maestro]

The BCNH reminds me of a penguin.:rofl

Very nice group, Stephen. :clap

Now that you mention it, they do. Thanks Ric.

[Maestro]

very nice assortment! well done:clap

Wished it could have been more, but the day was not a total loss, there just wasn't too much action. It's too freaking hot now!

[Maestro]

Nice series Stephen! :thumb Texas is one of the places I'd like to shoot at!

Thanks Glenn. Texas is a good place to be a birder, but still you guys out in Cali have some unique birds that I can not get here in my area plus I think your wildlife is a bit accessible. I dunno. For me to really get some neat wildlife, I'd have to go to far southwest Texas. That's like 9-10 hours away.

[Shasoc]

Very nice set of images. I particularly like the first BCNH shot, and the parakeet sequence. :thumb :clap
Thanks for sharing.

[Harryb]

Good set :thumb

[Maestro]

Very nice set of images. I particularly like the first BCNH shot, and the parakeet sequence. :thumb :clap
Thanks for sharing.

Thank you so much Shasoc.

[Maestro]

Good set :thumb
Thanks Harry.