If you walk down the fishing pier at Fort Desoto, you may see all of these snowy egrets lined up on the railings. Is there an egret convention going on? No, they are waiting for a boat to come close to the pier to pull up bait fish. They must have seen the boat below coming close to the pier and were hoping for a handout.
A few of the egrets immediately fly down and land on the motor or the boat. They squabble over the best spot on the boat (don’t humans do that too?). They wait for the guys on the boat to haul up a net full of bait fish and then hope to get any of the fish that fall out of the net onto the boat.
Some of them are brave enough to steal some out of the bait bucket if they guys aren’t watching closely. This one above got a free handout.
A common sight on boats around the fishing pier. They usually fly off once the boat takes off.
Hello,
Cool series on the Snowy Egrets. They must be used to people, coming close for a meal. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Take care, enjoy your day! Have a happy weekend!
They are beautiful birds and when the wind blows, very cute and comical! Great photos. Makes me want to go there.
You had a regular convention there!
Hi Dina :)! Your post was fun! I LOVE the photos of the egrets in action, especially when they fly down and we see their poofy hairdo’s! Great photos! 🙂