Egret fish capture by grannysue

Egret fish capture

We took a loaf of bread to the pond. Some children helped us to feed it to the ducks. This was after I asked them not to chase the ducks with limbs or throw rocks at them. We showed them it was much more fun to feed them. We gave the bread to the parents to give to the children. The egret would not eat the bread, but used it as bait to catch fish. He would stand very still and when the fish started nibbling the bread, he would make a dive for one. He managed to catch several. The kids enjoyed feeding the ducks and watching the egret. Check out the other shot of this Egret in my Extras album.
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What a great capture
May 13th, 2012  
You could not have organised anything more beautiful than this, Linda! It's exquisite ...fav
May 13th, 2012  
Fantastic
May 13th, 2012  
Super shot. Too cool to capture it with the fish in its mouth. A fav.
May 13th, 2012  
Fabulous capture. Smart bird!
May 13th, 2012  
Awsome photo
May 13th, 2012  
Awesome capture Linda - what an amazing bird!
May 13th, 2012  
Well caught Linda ... by you and the bird!
May 13th, 2012  
Fantastic Capture ...i love the awesome wing span and the white feathers are so pure and beautiful! FAV!
May 13th, 2012  
Beautiful wings. Great capture!
May 13th, 2012  
Beautiful capture Linda.
May 13th, 2012  
That's a very cool action shot. The egret looks almost swanlike. ;-)
May 13th, 2012  
wowww fantastic capture!
May 13th, 2012  
Beautiful capture! Fav. for me.
May 13th, 2012  
Beautiful shot xx
May 13th, 2012  
This is such an awesome shot. FAV'ed! 8)
May 13th, 2012  
Lovely capture.
May 13th, 2012  
fish !!! Egret photo !!!!
May 13th, 2012  
Awesome capture! And thankful you taught the children to observe and enjoy the Egret!
May 13th, 2012  
fantastic capture, i like the bird very elegant,
May 13th, 2012  
Wonderful timing on this one!! Congrats on the PP
May 13th, 2012  
Great capture for you. The Egret capture a very small fish. I love the way his wings are spread and the amazing long neck.
May 13th, 2012  
wow, this is wonderful
May 13th, 2012  
Beautiful capture!
May 13th, 2012  
Brilliant capture.
May 13th, 2012  
What an awesome photo, Linda. You sound much like me as the kids were chasing the ducks and geese and called them all ducks. I explained that some were geese. They were feeding them and mellowed out as I stood there taking photos. There were some ducks that spread their feathers and took baths in the water but I got a lot of blur and not detail like this. Also love the water. FAV
May 13th, 2012  
Very beautiful and great timing
May 13th, 2012  
Amazing capture...so beautiful!!!! FAV!!!!
May 13th, 2012  
Perfect capture!!
May 13th, 2012  
Great shot! Do you mind sharing your camera settings for this one?
May 13th, 2012  
@vaugdds The camera on auto on the action / sports setting for capturing multiple shots of action, focus on the Egret and hold the button down. That is the setting I use when taking photos of birds and butterflies because you can never tell when they are going to move. The EXIF info above says that the exposure was 0.0008 sec, aperture f5.6, ISO 200 and focal length 154. Another shot of this same Egret is in my Extras album.
May 13th, 2012  
That's amazing.
May 13th, 2012  
Ian
Pure elegance
May 13th, 2012  
Oh wow! Amazing capture!
May 14th, 2012  
Ah...beautiful...just beautiful
May 14th, 2012  
Excellent capture and timing.
May 14th, 2012  
Congrats on PP, Linda.
May 14th, 2012  
@maggiemae @yonnie @ellimae @wannabe Thank you for commenting and for the favs!
May 14th, 2012  
@sailingmusic Thank you for the fav and for commenting!
May 14th, 2012  
May 14th, 2012  
@darsphotos Thank you for commenting and for the fav! We thought a little positive encouragement would go farther than telling them not to tease and torment the wildlife. I think we shall continue to bring bread with us, as we usually see several meanies there.
May 14th, 2012  
Fabulous shot.....fav!
May 14th, 2012  
Beautiful.
May 14th, 2012  
How elegant! Love it!
May 14th, 2012  
Beautifully elegant photo, and how intelligent of the egret to use its food as bait.
May 14th, 2012  
Wow, that's a huge egret. I only know the grey and small white one. Elegent shot, perfectly captured the moment!
May 14th, 2012  
@djepie Thanks! Here is a Wikipedia link on this Great Egret:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Egret
He is a big bird.
May 14th, 2012  
Incredible capture!
May 14th, 2012  
superb capture - pure elegance indeed..fav
May 14th, 2012  
Wow, you caught an amazing moment!
May 14th, 2012  
@cimes1 @paulineb Thank you both for commenting and for the fav's, I appreciate it.
May 15th, 2012  
@miley89 @sassik @kirstyalexandra @giffy @naladka Thank yiou for viewing and commenting~
May 15th, 2012  
Amazing and a fav. I thought it was a swan, too. Sweet story of your teaching the children and letting them help you.
May 15th, 2012  
SJ
Great capture!
May 15th, 2012  
Wow!!
May 15th, 2012  
wow, caught him in the act!
May 15th, 2012  
Congrats on the PP - fantastic capture ...love the story too - it was a three way win for all!!
May 15th, 2012  
found you on PP! this is exceptional!
May 15th, 2012  
@amandalomonaco Thank you for your comments! It seemed the easier way to teach kindness versus bullying.
May 15th, 2012  
@stacyjett @boogie @tooki Thank you for your comments. This egret has found that it is a good thing to hang around the pond when folks are either fishing or putting bread into the water. Either way, he gets his fish! He is one smart bird.
May 15th, 2012  
@michelle58 Thank you, Michelle. Yes, it worked out well for everyone. The kids got to feed the ducks, the egret got his fish and I got my photos!
May 15th, 2012  
@pointnshoot28 Thank you, Donna, I appreciate your comment. I had a lot of fun taking these photos and for me, that is what it is all about.
May 15th, 2012  
Stunning. Great shot. Perfect in every way. FAV
May 15th, 2012  
@ankesudfield Thank you!
May 16th, 2012  
love how you captured how white the swan is compared to the water
May 16th, 2012  
@brumbe Thanks, Paula. It was a lot of fun watching the egret and taking photos of him. It is amazing how smart he was to use the bread for bait.
May 17th, 2012  
Perfect capture!!
May 18th, 2012  
I have never seen anything like this! what a fabulous shot!
May 21st, 2012  
Fav. I know I'm weird, but what made the shot for me was the water.
May 26th, 2012  
@nyusha @vickisfotos Thank you!
@m9f9l Thanks for the comment and fav! I liked the way the water looked also.
May 26th, 2012  
What a cool shot. I love the way the water looks.
June 3rd, 2012  
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