This was a mixed flock of egrets that passed over me at Jordan Lake.
The large birds are great egrets.
The 3 smaller birds are snowy egrets.
It is fairly common for me to see the great egrets during the warm months.
I see a very, very occasional snowy egret.
My meanderings about the lake often go un-noticed by birds, critters or humans.
I was looking for an immature great blue heron that I had seen fishing this spot a couple of days ago.
Instead I found a fisherman, lost in his craft.
I snapped the photo and eased back up the bank –
glad to see a human enjoying the tranquility of Jordan Lake.
I couldn’t help but wonder that just maybe the crow was thinking:
I should have slept in this morning…
The eastern kingbird chasing the much bigger crow
allows no one of any size near its nest.
see a short slide show at https://flic.kr/p/JeVyjd
The first photo is Hershey.
He came hurtling across the cove, chasing another adult eagle.
They were traveling at high speed and crossed the cove as I was shooting.
The time stamp on the second photo was 08:41:44 and the first photo of Hershey was 08:41:56.
Both birds passed so close over head that I only got partial shots of Hershey. Whew!
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