Intermediate Egret
While on my walk today, I strayed past the duck pond in the Botanic Gardens and got relatively close to this Intermediate Egret. This was the only shot that came out, the other nine were overexposed in various spots (darn white birds in the sunlight).
Name: Intermediate Egret
Also Known As: Plumed Egret
Scientific Name: Ardea intermedia
Range: Northern, Eastern and Southern Australia, Africa, Japan, Malaysia and New Guinea.
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View all photos taken: Thursday, 3rd May 2007, This photo: 2:34pm
heee...same with white flowers in the sunlight! :D
good you got (at least) one great shot here!
Thanks Maria :) Yes, white things in sunlight are a problem.
I like this shot David - I think the fountain doesn't matter at all! You have the egret looking majestic... against his velvety looking "royal" blue pond. I'm waiting to get some bird shots back that I took at the zoo... hope mine worked! :)
Yeah the fountain isn't an issue in this shot as it's mostly not there. 'twas a different shot that I got a good exposure on the fountain (but blew out the bird).
It's a pretty majestic bird in person too - they stand roughly 2 feet high and have quite a large wingspan, so takeoffs and landings are pretty special :)
I'll keep an eye out for your bird shots.
Oops, I announced the wrong tag in the Thursday Walk. I've added the correct one. Can you please remove tw54? Cheers.
I like this bird!
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He's a beauty David!!! What a lovely capture!!
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Nice one, David. You might like to join Brisbane Bird Photography.
I do a little bird photography but rarely post the results here. Do you know of a good site on which to identify various Brisbane birds?
Great shot David. It's gangly and elegant at once. Nice to see you in Utata too : )