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Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Watery Wednesday #13
Don't forget that if you're participating in Watery Wednesday CLICK HERE for the meme which is now in it's own blog. These were some of the birds out on the lake this morning. I'm pretty sure the first one is a cormorant. I looked up the middle one which looks like a green heron, and the last one is, of course, an egret.
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I like how you say "of course" in identifying the egret. All the birds look familiar, the names are familiar, and maybe someday I'll be able to put the two together! Great photos.
Leora - LOL! I said "of course" because I found it was the easiest one for me to first identify and remember. :-D
I have no idea what the birds are but all the ones standing tall seem to feel like they are kings and queens of their mountains. LOL
Cormorant, or possibly an anhinga, if you have those where you live. Hard to tell from this distance, but just by the shape of his little rear end, I'm going to agree with you that it's a cormorant.
I read somewhere that genetically, all egrets are in the heron family. They do have some of the same physical traits, one of them being the hunched posture that you have captured in both of these.
Love this meme, don't always have water shots, but whenever I do, I'll be back! I've got a beach scene from Sanibel Island today.
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I envy you getting a photo of the green heron. All the ones I have seen have been flying away from me!
Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful! I love birds - that first one is amazing.
Some of my favorite birds...nice shots!
All are lovely! I really like the egret shot though.
You are right on all 3, but which Egret....gotta learn to take it a little further on the Egret. :)
I hope you don't mind, but I've tagged you for a meme. The background is in my blog post at http://wrenaissance.com/2008/12/my-top-5-birding-locations/ but instead of 5 places, I'm asking you to share the five greatest joys you find in nature.
Thanks, and I hope you'll play.
Great shots! I especially like the way the pose of the bird in the last pic! :) He looks cute.
I mean I like the way the bird is posed. (I didn't word it quite right in my first comment... :)
Yuppers, the first one is a cormorant. Interesting fact about them is they have no natural oil on their feathers like ducks and geese. So you will often see them out of water with their wings spread just like in your photo. I'm envious of the green heron photo. They usually skulk around the edges of the opposite end of any body water that I see them on. Thanks for sharing
excellent capture! the birds looks so elegant and of course beautiful, I put mine at travel site. Advance Merry Christmas..tc
beautiful captures all
These shots are so stunning! The birds look as if they enjoy being photographed! They pose so well!
These are great photos. Those birds are incredible. Thank you so much for sharing them. I really enjoyed them.
wow. how come these birds seem so kind. it seems that they want to pose for you lol. great job on these amazing shots.
The last one has beautiful colours and lovely detail. Nice work.
The egret is so stunning - and it's always fun to look at the green heron! This is a fun meme!
(This is my 1st one participating!)
That Egret is gorgeous :-) You have some nice birds there that we don't .
We have all three of them here too 2sweetnsaxy. Beautiful photographs.
Lovely! All 3 look so beautiful sitting there posing for you. Great shots...love the heron in particular!
Music admired. Photographs of the very pleasant.
First photo: nature's way of doing a Leo on Titanic, right. Cool shots.
They're all nice, and each is interesting in its own way. I, too, think the top one may be some type of cormorant, but I'm not certain. Love the last shot. Looks like he's shrugging -- or shivering.
Bobbie
Nice Egret Shot. It seems to be curious about you and your camera.
Lovely photos and thank you for your comments on my blog
The Egret is magnificent!!!
Your photography never failed to amaze me
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