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Reddish Egrets, San Luis Pass, June 2013

In nature photography when you find a cooperative creature you try to take full advantage. I found a cooperative Reddish Egret on June 7, 2013 at the far west end of Galveston Island and shot handheld actively for about two hours non-stop, continuously moving to minimize distance and maximize light angles. Here are the results, with a few extra birds and a crab thrown in. Aubrey Cruse III was with me and is shown in a couple of shots. Due to very slippery footing I was constantly looking into the inches-deep shallow water and I never saw a single shrimp, but the Egret was snatching them up like an all-you-can eat buffet. Amazing.
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  • Aubrey caught me stalking the Egret from the sand bar. It was pretty tolerant of me thanks to the many fishermen who walk around there every day and pay the birds no attention.

    Aubrey caught me stalking the Egret from the sand bar. It was pretty tolerant of me thanks to the many fishermen who walk around there every day and pay the birds no attention.

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  • Black Skimmer doing what made it famous. It takes amazing reactions to grab a fish like this. Some birds have reactions 50 times faster than a human.

    Black Skimmer doing what made it famous. It takes amazing reactions to grab a fish like this. Some birds have reactions 50 times faster than a human.

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    Dragonfly.

  • A Blue Crab.

    A Blue Crab.

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