[NatureNS] Great Egret

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Enjoyed your photos, Pat. Thanks.

With John Belbin's  permission, I have added photos of the Great  
Egret he took this morning.

http://web.mac.com/sherm39/iWeb/Site/egret080309.html

Sherman

Sherman Williams
shermw@xcountry.tv



On 9/03/2008, at 4:36 PM, Patrick Kelly wrote:

> Hello everyone:
>
> I went to see the egret at 3:00 PM. It was back in the brook on the  
> south side of the road. Twice I saw it stab at something and once  
> it did a "swallowing" motion, so it must have gotten something!
>
> Here are three pictures, that sort of shows the lay of the land.  
> The first was where the bird was when we first got there. I took a  
> series of pictures as it looked like it might have continued to the  
> right and gone out of sight behind a small hill.
>
> No sooner had put my camera down when in flew back towards the road  
> where I got some more pictures These are  two pictures taken while  
> it went hunting across a small pond.
>
> http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/GreatEgret1.jpg
> http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/GreatEgret2.jpg
> http://myweb.dal.ca/pmkelly/GreatEgret3.jpg
>
> It is not all that often that I get a new life bird so close to home!
>
> Pat
>
>
>
> On Mar 9, 2008, at 12:06 PM, john belbin wrote:
>
>> I rushed out as soon as I saw Sherman's email this morning. The  
>> Great Egret
>> has now moved and is feeding on the north side of the road. It  
>> stays close
>> to the edges of the area bordering the stream but appears to be  
>> feeding
>> reasonably well.  It goes to hide as soon as you take an obvious  
>> interest in
>> it and with patchy snow it is surprising hard to find through a  
>> camera
>> viewfinder. You can park in the area next to the sewer pumping  
>> station. I
>> walked a short distance onto the edge of the Haliburton orchards  
>> and managed
>> to get several photos, However, they won't be wonderful because of  
>> the rain,
>> wind and generally poor lighting this morning. The farmer came to  
>> talk to me
>> and told me that the bird had been feeding for some time in the  
>> south area
>> but had just moved across the road. He said that he sees them there
>> occasionally but never at this time of year. They usually show up  
>> after a
>> hurricane or very major storm - maybe this one qualifies as a big  
>> storm. If
>> so, keep your eyes open.
>>
>> John Belbin -
>> Hantsport
>>
>>
>
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Williams</div><div><a =
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margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: =
12.0px Helvetica">Hello everyone:</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: =
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margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" =
size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">I went to see the egret at =
3:00 PM. It was back in the brook on the south side of the road. Twice I =
saw it stab at something and once it did a "swallowing" motion, so it =
must have gotten something!</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal =
normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div =
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margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: =
12.0px Helvetica">Here are three pictures, that sort of shows the lay of =
the land. The first was where the bird was when we first got there. I =
took a series of pictures as it looked like it might have continued to =
the right and gone out of sight behind a small hill.</font></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; m