Rookery
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I posted this image earlier and then got a request from one of my former students to create another version of the same picture, this one as a Cajun Christmas card. In her email to me, she wrote, “Yesterday, I found out I relapsed… A tumor that was dormant for two years awoke from its slumber… so back to the battle… and you know this Cajun is going to fight like a true Cajun!” I’m dedicating this card to Robyn and to her fighting spirit. I hope that everyone who views this card and reads this entry will pray for her to win this next round of her battle with cancer. Robyn is a gifted athlete who abounds with humor and the Cajun joie de vivre, joy of life! Please spread the word; united prayer is powerful. And a very Merry Cajun Christmas to you and yours!
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I took a series of photos of this Yellow-Crowned Night Heron as it ate this crawfish for breakfast. At first, I thought it was just playing with the crawfish as it kept throwing it around and shaking it in its beak. Then, my son helped me realize what it was doing—breaking off the pointed, jagged claws and feelers that would have made for a lot of discomfort going down. By the time the heron swallowed the crawfish, all its sharp-edged parts had been snapped off! Pretty clever! This photo was taken at the rookery/bird sanctuary at Lake Martin in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana.
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It was a joy to watch this Yellow Crowned Night Heron tend to her chicks in the Lake Martin rookery last spring.
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The King Penguin Rookery on Salisbury Plain on South Georgia. This a pano of 8 shots stitched together. There are an estimated 200,000 chicks and adults here. To get to this vantage point it was necessary to carefully navigate a path through the colony. / The day was a real pea souper and I had to wait for a puff of wind to blow the mist away before taking the shots. Within seconds it was fogged out again with little visibility.
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South Georgia Island. Yes, it smells.
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EVERY MARCH THE GREAT BLUE HERONS IN THE CUYAHOGA VALLEY NATIONAL PARK START BUILDING OR REBUILDING THIER NESTS. / THERE ARE TWO HERON ROOKERIES WITHIN THE PARK CONFINES. THIS IS THE LARGER ONE, COMPRISED OF OVER FIFTY NESTS, MOST WITHIN ONE HUNDRED YARDS OF BATH ROAD. THE PARK SERVICE HAS INSTALLED A SMALL PARKING AREA ALONG THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE GATHER TO WATCH THE BIRDS EVERY SPRING THAT TRAFFIC COULDN’T GET THROUGH. / THIS WAS TAKEN JUST BEFORE SUNSET. CAMERA: CANON AE-1 PROGRAM / LENS: TELE-ASTRANAR 400 MM PRIME / FILM: FUJICOLOR REALA PRO 100 ASA
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489 views …enter the wondrous kingdom of Mother Nature her wonders to behold around each and every corner ..River Yare Norfolk Broads UK. a first experimental landscape watercolor painting on roughcast paper with Rowney paints. ...”Open your eyes... .. ..
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The Great Egret Ardea alba, also known as the Great White Egret, White Heron, or Common Egret, is a wading egret, found in most of the tropical and warmer temperate parts of the world. Apart from size, the Great Egret can be distinguished from other white egrets by its yellow bill and black legs and feet. It breeds in colonies in trees close to large lakes with reed beds or other extensive wetlands. It builds a bulky stick nest. This is one of the many egrets observed at The Rookery at Smith Oaks in High Island, Texas, last spring before hurricane Ike passed through later in the year. / / Watching them build nests and perch in the tops of trees is something I wish all of you could see! It’s incredible. I had never seen them roosting or tending nests – I was used to seeing them feeding in shallow water. :-)
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See the wall art comments to see what a character this guy is. I missed his family and rookery when they went South last Fall because they were so entertaining! It’s all there, what this rotten bird did to entertain himself and us last summer! / / Any profits from the sale of this tee shirt, or its companion wall art is donated to the relief of Australia’s wildlife devestated by the bush fires of Victioria, 2009
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I was fascinated watching this little blue heron, “walking the tightrope” and gathering sticks for nest building at Lake Martin rookery in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana. At one time the rookery supported 20,000 pairs of nesting wading birds. The numbers declined through the years as the rookery went through natural recycling. Happily, today it is beginning to grow again with about 5000 pairs of waterfowl nesting this spring. It’s a sight to see the primarily pink, blue, and white birds (roseate spoonbills, little blue herons, and great egrets); it truly looks like a nursery.
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This is a roseate spoonbill in a Louisiana rice field. The roseates are known to have nests in a rookery and then fly upwards of 20 miles or more away to find shallow water where they can forage for food.
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Rookery Wood / Bishopstone / Sussex panasonic fz50
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Memorial Day was owl day at Lake Martin; we saw them everywhere during the mid morning hours, and they were quite accommodating for the camera lady. Here is one fine owl looking curiously at me.
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I took this photo at Jefferson Island, Louisiana, in Iberia Parish.
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Capture this in the middle of the Estero Bay, Florida. This one just one of the bird rookeries here. Mom and Dad ( great ergrets )is standing watch over the young one. / Canon 40D /
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Some people call the Roseate Spoonbill a Cajun Flamingo. Here is a lovely pink lady balancing delicately on a limb at Jefferson Island rookery where there is a large colony of waterfowl in residence during the spring and summer months.
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This female roseate spoonbill is showing up one of her most beautiful attributes, pink speckled legs! Isn’t she charming? I think even Betty Grable would approve!
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Two immature cattle egrets at Jefferson Island, Louisiana, were busy showing off their wings at the rookery I love to visit. The fledglings are just about full grown now and the activity is frenzied, wings flapping everywhere as new water birds prepare to make their debut in the wide world.
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Cattle egret posing grandly at the rookery on Jefferson Island, Louisiana.
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Roseate Spoonbills are among my favorite birds. This male was posing on a branch in Iberia Parish in southern Louisiana.
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