Great Egret Breeding Plumage at the Ocean City Welcome Center

A stranger with binoculars pointed us to a way down to the egrets

https://islandinthenet.com/great-egret-breeding-plumage-at-the-ocean-city-welcome-center/

A Great Egret (Ardea alba) stands at the water’s edge as wind lifts its long breeding plumes, feathers streaming while it watches the surface for movement. 🪶💨🌊
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Great Egret in Woodland Shadows

The mist-like veil is created by shooting wide open through foreground foliage, not by actual fog.

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EXIF-Daten
Kamera: Sony ILCE-7RM4
Objektiv: FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS
Brennweite: 600 mm
Belichtungszeit: 1/640 s
Blende: f/6,3
ISO: 2000

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EXIF-Daten
Kamera: Sony ILCE-1M2
Objektiv: FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS
Brennweite: 600 mm
Belichtungszeit: 1/2000 s
Blende: f/6,3
ISO: 800

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EXIF-Daten
Kamera: Sony ILCE-7RM4
Objektiv: FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS
Brennweite: 900 mm
Belichtungszeit: 1/1600 s
Blende: f/6,3
ISO: 12800

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Ghost of the Wetlands

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Today’s weekend waterbird is a great egret. It is not a mediocre egret, and it is also not a duck.

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Beyond the Reach of The Lens

Even with 900 millimetres of reach, sometimes the bird stands exactly where you can't photograph it properly. That's the honest truth of wildlife photography.

https://islandinthenet.com/great-blue-heron-carnegie-lake-dam/

The #WeekendWaterbird is not a mediocre egret: it is a Great Egret.

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