White Beauty by byronbackyard
The Great Egret is the largest of the Australian egrets. It’s overall plumage is white, and, for most of the year, when not breeding, the bill and facial skin are yellow. The feet are dark olive-grey or sooty black, as are the legs. During the breeding season, the bill turns mostly black and the facial skin becomes green. Also at this time, long hair-like feathers (nuptial plumes) hang across the lower back, and the legs become pinkish-yellow at the top.
Canon 50D, EF70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Comments
fantastic shot… excellent
Many thanks!
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Absolutely beautiful! A fantastic capture!
Thanks so much Barbara!
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Excellent work & composition, nicely done!
thanks so much Denis, I got a few as he passed over my head, gorgeous!
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this is beautiful…x
Many thanks!
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Beautiful sky and bird, they go so well together!!
Many thanks Deborah!
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One could take a hundred more shots and not top this. You could not have staged this with such fine positioning. Excellent.
Ken
Many thanks for your very kind comment!
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Wow! Brilliant capture!
Thanks Trish! Have you been away again, I missed you!
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Yes, went away for a few days camping on Exmoor :-)
Hope you had a lovely time, it was beautiful weather here. I’ll check out your pics, hope you got some good ones.
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Hey another congratulations on yet another fabulous, stunning feature….Laura
Many thanks Laura!
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