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<blockquote data-quote="dramtastic" data-source="post: 233477" data-attributes="member: 16805">A little to much nature!Headed out to the Cattle Egret rookery yesterday afternoon as there is enough light now when I get home from work to go out and take some shots. Eventually the light started to hit the wall but I saw what one last photo op. At the rookery there is also a number of Ibis and Intermediate Egrets nesting. I looked on at what I thought was a parent feeding a chick. You can hear the chicks but the nests are too high and the chicks still to small to see. Anyway this Intermediate Egret was craning down and with sharp head movements giving something to the chick. Turns out it wasn't food. It was animal infanticide. This particular egret decided it was taking over the nest of other egrets that were out gathering food. I'll spare you the gory details and photo's, but once it had dispatched the chick it tossed it out of the nest and settled in. Ain't nature beautiful!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dramtastic, post: 233477, member: 16805"] [b]A little to much nature![/b] Headed out to the Cattle Egret rookery yesterday afternoon as there is enough light now when I get home from work to go out and take some shots. Eventually the light started to hit the wall but I saw what one last photo op. At the rookery there is also a number of Ibis and Intermediate Egrets nesting. I looked on at what I thought was a parent feeding a chick. You can hear the chicks but the nests are too high and the chicks still to small to see. Anyway this Intermediate Egret was craning down and with sharp head movements giving something to the chick. Turns out it wasn't food. It was animal infanticide. This particular egret decided it was taking over the nest of other egrets that were out gathering food. I'll spare you the gory details and photo's, but once it had dispatched the chick it tossed it out of the nest and settled in. Ain't nature beautiful! [/QUOTE]

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