When I was at Fort Desoto in early September looking for the flamingoes I couldn’t help but notice the reddish egret adult and the juvenile (in all gray) that was learning to catch the fish from his parent. There was a handful of photographers standing along the water line waiting for the lone flamingo (that was far out in the water) to move around and feed. The reddish egrets walked right in front of us and started showing off. The juvenile appeared to have caught on quick and was catching as many fish as the parent. They really put on a show and would not be ignored.
The juvenile sandwich terns were still screaming at the parents to bring them some fish.
This royal tern brought his young one a fish. The juvenile was probably old enough to get his own but won’t until the parent stops feeding him.
A lone lesser yellowlegs strutting around.
Terns flying high.
Hello,
Great captures of the Reddish Egrets, they are one of my many favorites birds.
I love the Terns too, great post. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Take care, have a great weekend.
You just never know what you’ll see that’s why it’s so great to get out often. I’ve never seen the reddish egrets!
Great photos!! You have such a skill in capturing the images.
I see why you call them teenagers! They look very unruly but I guess their teachers aren’t frustrated by all that acting out, since they don’t have to read the assignment or do any problem sets. Just go fishing.
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