Cattle Egret Nesting Season

So I was down at the local wetlands last week taking some shots and got chatting with another hobbyist. She told me of a site not 5 minutes from where we were that had thousands of nesting Cattle Egrets. Yeh right, born skeptic here.
Had a bit of a chuckle about it to the Mrs when I got home. Anyway, curiosity got the better of me and I headed over there early last Saturday morning. Whether there was a thousand or at the very least hundreds, skepticism turned to amazement and here are a few of my favorites from day one.

dramtastic said:

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Every shot is great this one is awesome

Some great shots you have there Dramtastic.

Great set of pictures

cool shots

Great series of photos

Thanks for the kind words everyone.

siamthai1 said:

Every shot is great this one is awesome

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Thanks Michael. I was standing in what could loosely be called a clearing, but only had a small patch of clear sky above me surrounded by trees, scrub, bushes, vines, reeds, you get the picture. I kept seeing these egrets flying across this patch of sky, some with nesting material in their beaks but as soon as I started to track them in focus they'd fly behind the trees. Was glad to get a couple like that one.

What beautiful pictures! So different from the egrets I have seen. Elegant and exotic. Loved your pics. Thx for sharing.