A Year in Pictures – Point Lobos Egret

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We took a trip down to Point Lobos recently to enjoy the nature: cypress trees, seals, and egrets who apparently think nothing of perching on slender layers of flotsam. I caught this one just as he was about to take flight, which is a fine demonstration of the role of luck in photography.

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Comments

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Oh, that is really lovely.

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

Most of the time, you just end up with a smeary blur . . . .

[yhlee.livejournal.com]

That's a great photo.

One of the nice things about here is that there seems to be a good supply of egrets for viewing during certain times of the year--a New Orleanian told me that they migrate down here for the winter or something. And I think there's a hawk that lives locally, because I semi-regularly see one while out for a walk, but when it circles that high there's no way for me to get a decent shot with my smartphone.

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

Nice! I don't actually see a lot of birds locally -- not sure how much of that is the ecology of the region and how much is an urbanism effect. (I presume Factor #1 is a factor, because Dallas is equally urban and INFESTED with grackles.)