• Hello!

    Either you have not registered on this site yet, or you are registered but have not logged in. In either case, you will not be able to use the full functionality of this site until you have registered, and then logged in after your registration has been approved.

    Registration is FREE, so please register so you can participate instead of remaining a lurker....

    Please be certain that the location field is correctly filled out when you register. All registrations that appear to be bogus will be rejected. Which means that if your location field does NOT match the actual location of your registration IP address, then your registration will be rejected.

    Sorry about the strictness of this requirement, but it is necessary to block spammers and scammers at the door as much as possible.

My Gator Land Photo Thread

Some of my favorite shots on the day...it was just so beautiful to watch!
There were a bunch of egrets sitting on the tops of the mangroves making nests and putting on displays and "dancing" to attract a female...I couldn't be much happier with how these photos turned out. It isn't every day (even in Florida) that you get a photo opportunity like this!
edit36.jpg


edit37.jpg


edit38.jpg


edit39.jpg


edit40.jpg


edit41.jpg


edit42.jpg


Off to work on some more...back in a bit!
 
Katie, (nice Great Egrets!!!) the birds you are calling Cattle Egrets are Snowy Egrets. Cattle Egrets have a yellow bill.
 
Nanci said:
Katie, (nice Great Egrets!!!) the birds you are calling Cattle Egrets are Snowy Egrets. Cattle Egrets have a yellow bill.
Click to expand...

That is what I thought too - but one of the signs they had along the boardwalk showed them as cattle egrets - so I was runnin' with it! Snowys are also a slightly taller, more slender little egret than the cattle egrets...
I was second guessing myself this whole time about it too....guess I should've gone with what I "thought" I "knew" was right...

The one that ALWAYS messes me up - and I had to look in my bird book to be sure..is the difference between the Great White Egrets and the Great White Herons...the egrets have black legs and the herons have yellow legs!
 
I just realized I never posted the remaining photos I edited from this trip. I found them today while starting to work on my photos from the Ren Faire this past weekend.
My apologies - and here are the rest:
edit43.jpg


edit44.jpg


edit45.jpg


edit46.jpg


edit47.jpg


edit48.jpg


edit49.jpg
 
edit50.jpg


This is the Gator Jumparoo show where they dangle pieces of chicken over the side and get the gators to "jump" for them:
edit51.jpg


edit52.jpg


edit53.jpg


edit54.jpg


edit55.jpg
 
Ok this is totally not fair... I can't see the pictures! :angry01:

Stoopid computer :headbang:

EDIT: Wait now I can see them! Rebooting solves all problems. I wish that worked in real life :grin01: Those are gorgeous pics Katie! Looks like you 3 had a fantastic time. I'm so jealous! I especially love those Egret pics.
 
Awesome pics!
I love the courting egrets and the wrestling pics.
It looks like you all had a great time, I am sorry I wasn't able to join you.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top