Monday, October 18, 2010

Peaceful, then escape

This Great White Egret (Ardea alba) was slowly walking around a small pond behind the Eagan Community Center but when I made too much noise, he flew away!



17 comments:

Nefertiti said...

magnifique !

Olivier said...

je suis d'accord avec Nerfetiti

Dave-CostaRicaDailyPhoto.com said...

Maybe he will fly south to Costa Rica for the winter.

arabesque said...

hi leif!
cute reflection of the egret,
beautiful!
too bad, it's camera shy. ^0^

Lois said...

You got a couple of beautiful shots there!

EG CameraGirl said...

Oh my goodness! What a great find!

Kate said...

Walk softly, Leif! The reflection is a great part of the photo.

Halcyon said...

Great shot! It's so hard to catch them.

JTG (Misalyn) said...

Maybe he will fly to Ras Al Khor and will enjoy the 'winter' here in UAE hahaha!

You got nice reflection on the first image.

Anonymous said...

like poetry.

amazing pictures indeed. a good tuesday for you all.

daily athens

Randy said...

What amazing photos, bravo!

Jack said...

Very nice. I think he is flying to my place in Fort Myers now that it is getting cold up north.

Gabriele said...

WOW, Superb! Mit den Bildern bist Du Champion of the week bei mir. Toll gemacht Leif!
Herzliche GrĂ¼sse ais Berlin:-)

Shannon said...

That is a beautiful bird and a great capture of it! I also loved the walking bridge shot from yesterday.

VP said...

Wonderful bird and capture!

Pat said...

Maybe you made noise, but you got two great photos!

Susie of Arabia said...

Awesome egret pics, Leif - nicely done!