Birds of the evening

[ginger_55]

Harry, what is this one? He is bigger than the Ibis, but doesn't look like a heron.

http://gingerSnap.smugmug.com/photos/17017343-L.jpg


http://gingerSnap.smugmug.com/photos/17017353-L.jpg

http://gingerSnap.smugmug.com/photos/17017352-L.jpg


http://gingerSnap.smugmug.com/photos/17017349-L.jpg


http://gingerSnap.smugmug.com/photos/17017350-L.jpg

Here's to all of you!

ginger

[John Mueller]

Ginger,#2 is awesome.I also like the colors on all:thumb

LOOK OUT HARRY:D

[Andy]

whoa, ginger! the first two, really really sharp. well done :thumb

[Harryb]

Harry, what is this one? He is bigger than the Ibis, but doesn't look like a heron.
Here's to all of you!

ginger
All right Ginger!! :super The exposure on those White Ibises is fine. Good work.
The bird in question is the Little Blue Heron. Excellent capture of that little guy.

[jthomas]

This is my first post on this board, so it is a test.

The attached picture was taken by my wife three weeks ago, and it is a confirmed little blue heron. Doesn't look much like #1.

[Harryb]

This is my first post on this board, so it is a test.

The attached picture was taken by my wife three weeks ago, and it is a confirmed little blue heron. Doesn't look much like #1.
Hey Thomas,

The Little Blue Heron has a purplish maroon neck and head, a grey bill and black tip and a grey body. That pretty much describes #1. The only similar bird is the Reddish Egret (only around 4000 in the USA) which has a grey body and a reddish head and neck with a pink bill with a black tip. Its legs are a dark blue.

[ginger_55]

Thanks everybody. Just got back from eating RIBS. Carolina Sweet Ribs, pork.

I love the first one I put up here, it was the last photo I took, I said to bill, i have one left, he said you have enough to look at. I saw the grass when I took it and thought it might work well. Now that I look at it again, I would like to have a print of that one. It is sharp.

To get him over the weeds, I had to stand up. OK, i had walked a lot to get to those birds, back and forth and further, so I sat down, propped myself and photographed the IBISes. I don't like those birds. I have never made a pretty photo of an Ibis. I cropped in kind of tight in post, as, well, I hoped to make them look better. No way I can think of to make an Ibis look good, unless he is flying in a flock. Harry has one of those photos, I like it.

I feel better. Got the baptism photo. Got a different entry to the challlenge, not a kid. Got some birds at that place where I can't usually get them.

Have had ribs, and now I am exhausted.

later,
ginger

[Angelo]

Ginger, this is a great set and that #2 shot is really terrific.