I don't know what kind of egret it is, but it looks like what turns up if you
search Flickr for "Snowy Egret". I just call all the little ones Cattle Egrets
because I mostly see them out in fields where there are cows, or steers or
something of the bovine persuasion.
There were a couple of Great Egrets out there, but they were really too far away
(over on the other side of the lake) to get a good image. There are frequently
Great Blue Herons as well, but not yesterday.
I really went down there because there are are almost always cormorants perched
on the stumps left when an old pier was removed. But they were conspicuously
AWOL yesterday.
If you enter the coordinates 35.859698, -78.662993 in Google Maps and zoom all
the way in, you cansee the shadows of the old pier posts. Measuring the
distance, gives me about 76 feet from where I had my tripod set up, so if I ever
catch them there when I've got The Beast with me, I should be able to get a GOOD
image.
But mainly, I'm looking forward to February or March to see if the eagles are
going to come back to nest at Shelley Lake for a third year.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/32561063017
This is one I got with a 300mm f/2.8. I really want to see how the 600mm f/4 is
going to do.
I make the nest location as 35.865347, -78.657226 and the best spot to set my
tripod up (where I set up this year) is about 150 - 200 feet away (35.864922,
-78.657431), with the greenway elevated about 10' above the base of the tree, so
you don't get such a crick in your neck looking up to see the nest.
The nest got destroyed by a storm, but the two chicks had already fledged & were
out of the nest. I'm hoping the parents will come back in 2020 & build a new nest.
Does anyone know what eagles might do if someone built a kind of support
platform or structure up there this fall to provide a foundation for a new nest?
It would want doing in the fall so no one would have to get up near the nest if
the eagles do come back and it might be a good chance to install a nest cam. The
geometry of the trail & the trees would allow them to get in there with a bucket
truck and get the job done in only a few hours.
On 9/17/2019 20:32:41, l...@red4est.com wrote:
Nice shots. Although work that lens even I could probably get good shots.
I think the egret it's a snowy, black beak and yellow feet. Sometimes they put
a little Crest up
On September 17, 2019 2:16:55 PM PDT, John <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote:
I was finally able to get out with the 600 f/4 to take a few photos.
I've still
got a lot to do before it will be fully usable. I've got to find a
better
folding cart with bigger wheels than the one I have now ... or maybe a
wagon.
Anyway:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/48751160586
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/48751351652
Taken from the bridge on the Shelley Lake greenway.
35.859698, -78.662993
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