(INTO THE WOODS AND BEYOND!)
I’M NOT ALWAYS LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW INTO THE WOODS…A LOT OF MY IMAGES ARE FROM OTHER PLACES…FLORIDA FOR INSTANCE.
EGRETS ARE AMONG MY FAVORITE BIRDS TO WATCH AND PHOTOGRAPH, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT KIND OF CHARACTER YOU’RE GOING TO RUN INTO.
BIRDS AREN’T ALWAYS SITTING IN A TREE SINGING PRETTY SONGS, SOMETIMES THEY’RE BEING ORNERY. THIS LOOKS LIKE A CASE OF “ORNERY” TO ME.
I like the look this egret was giving me…or maybe it was giving that look to the handsome egret that was standing next to me…it could have been that.
I love to watch these birds fly, but I enjoy watching them prowl the edge of the water. They’re white color against the water is striking.
WHY WOULD THE EGRET WITH THE BIRD FOOT PRINTS ON IT’S BACK CHOOSE A CAREER SUCH AS THIS.?
FIRST OF ALL…I DIDN’T KNOW THAT BIRDS HAD TO LAND ON THE BACK OF ANOTHER BIRD WHEN THEY WANT TO LAND.
SECONDLY, HOW DOES A BIRD DECIDE THAT IT WANTS TO BECOME A BIRD LANDING PLATFORM IN THE FIRST PLACE?? IS IT A FAMILY CAREER KIND OF THING…LIKE WITH HUMANS WHERE THERE IS A LONG HISTORY OF FAMILY MEMBERS BECOMING POLICE OFFICERS OR FIREMEN?
AND ONE MORE “WONDER”…HOW DO THEY PRACTICE UNTIL THEY LEARN THEIR CRAFT? WHO VOLUNTEERS TO FLY HIGH UP INTO THE AIR AND THEN TAKE THE CHANCE THAT THE LANDING PLATFORM BIRD WILL BE IN THE RIGHT SPOT AT THE RIGHT TIME? PERHAPS THAT IS ANOTHER CAREER PATH THAT A BIRD CHOOSES…I WONDER WHAT THAT CAREER IS CALLED? SIGH…I SUPPOSE I WILL NEVER KNOW, UNLESS YOU ALL HAVE SOME INFORMATION THAT YOU COULD PROVIDE?
A month or two back..the rookery that I visit was packed with “Mommy and Daddy” Egrets building nests, keeping eggs warm, feeding little egrets who had already “hatched”. There was a whole lot of squawking going on. I’d be squawking too if somebody was trying to take over my nest, or step on my baby.
A WINDOW INTO THE WOODS 