Also, if I did find any, to take better photographs than last time.
So, on a bright day where the chill wind blew far too strongly for it ever to be considered springlike, clad in an orange jacket that would scare away any bird that wasn't blind, I ran up to the lake and was glad to see that there was at least one egret in situ on the little island. I tried to sneak up behind a tree, got a couple of shots there trying to lean the camera on a tree. The bird then caught sight of me, then relocated, so I shuffled around and got more shots.
It's a hard bird to photograph I think, being so damn bright!
There were female goosander around too, but they were being very elusive. Other birds I captured will be showcased in the next few days.
As for the jacket, I felt rather like a kumquat, but it did seem to deal with the wind quite well. Shouldn't have run the Tresspass traillies though, as I've said before that's like running in drinks coasters.
Si
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I had to look up kumkuat. It's a great word for an elongated orange. I have one the same colour. I was once chased by a snarling dog. The dog's owner said my jacket was to blame. I told him his dog was colour blind. We departed on good terms, and the dog spotted another run coming the other way . . . but I was round the corner by then and gone.
ReplyDeleteYou're a fine one to be calling the egret "so damn bright" when you're dressed in that jacket! :)
ReplyDeleteRather like the orange jacket - at least they'll see you coming which is surely the general idea isn't it?
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful bird the egret is - so good that it has returned to our shores.
Thanks all, the egret no longer in danger of being made into hats, which is why the RSPB was created.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful birds the egrets, I haven't seen any in Scotland so far
ReplyDeleteThere were two little egrets in the stream in the middle of a Romsey carpark recently. Grinning at the kumquat image.
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