Lots of sibling drama on the egret trail today. I can hardly believe these elegant, hilarious juveniles are the same three I photographed in June as tiny, shaggy peeps. Those are their parents at the end of this video, trying to have a quiet morning while the kids are downstairs arguing over whose turn it is to do the dishes.

#EgretsIveHadAFew #Birds #Oregon

This is just one small swath of the front side of the egret trail as seen from a facing hillside (my photos and videos are taken from a trail behind the trees shown here).

The video posted above features just one family in one tree. Each tree holds maybe five-ten families (some more, some fewer). Turn up the volume and multiply by a hundred or so to get the full effect of sheer egret honk-tasmagoria.

@handmade_ghost Thank you for sharing these!