by Gregg Obst on August 6, 2009
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The hundreds of Great Egrets that gathered together in one are of Bear Swamp pool were constantly vying for a sitting spot on these stumps that stuck out over the water. They know that fish like to gather under the stumps for shelter and an Egret standing on the trunk instead of in the water often will have a surprise advantage over the fish. From my afternoon trip to Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge outside of Smyrna, Delaware on Saturday 8-1-2009.
For more information on the Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, visit their web site at http://www.fws.gov/northeast/bombayhook/.
For more information on Great Egrets, visit the Cornelll Lab Of Ornithology.
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by Gregg Obst on August 6, 2009
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by Gregg Obst on August 4, 2009
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I saw this little Cattle Egret standing in the marsh grass alongside the wildlife drive near Raymond Pool. He seemed to be hunting at the time but he stopped to give me probably twenty good poses. He seemed very curious about me and my car. From my trip to National Wildlife Refuge near Smyrna, Delaware on Saturday 8-1-2009.
For more information on the Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, visit their web site at http://www.fws.gov/northeast/bombayhook/.
For more information on Cattle Egrets, visit the Cornelll Lab Of Ornithology.
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by Gregg Obst on August 2, 2009
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For my first lap around the wildlife drive in the morning on Saturday, many of the Egrets present last week seemed to be missing until I got to the far end of Bear Swamp pool. There must have been some sort Great Egret convention going on though the presence of a few Great Blue Heron were noted as well as some Snowy Egrets.
From Saturday 8-1-2009 at Bombay Hook National Wlidlife Refuge near Smyrna, Delaware.
I shot this as 21 separate RAW exposures and then stitched it together with Auto Pano Pro. It’s my first attempt at panoramic photography and I made 1,000 mistakes in the process but I took good notes on what I screwed up and where in the process so that I can correct things for next time. The presence of so many Egrets in one area really lended itself to this type of shot.
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by Gregg Obst on August 1, 2009
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Sometimes photography isn’t about capturing the light but capturing the lack of it or the crazy things it does when it reflects and refracts. This was taken in daylight but the angle and the shutter speed conspired to give me a nice subject isolation of this Great Blue Heron just after it caught a fish. From my trip to National Wildlife Refuge near Smyrna, Delaware on Saturday 8-1-2009.
For more information on the Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, visit their web site at http://www.fws.gov/northeast/bombayhook/.
For more information on Great Blue Herons, visit the Cornelll Lab Of Ornithology.
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by Gregg Obst on July 31, 2009
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by Gregg Obst on July 28, 2009
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It all started when one Great Egret flew into a section of Raymond Pool close to another. The Egret that was there originally, obliged the intruder by flying to another position a hundred feet away. The intruder flew over to the Egret’s area again. Again, the original Egret moved to am alternative spot, and again the intruder flew in to claim that spot as his own. This kept on happening until there were three Egrets in the same spot and then the grunting and squawking and displays of bravado took on a more dire tone with all three leaping into the air at the same time to try and chase the other two from the spot. Eventually all three found spots an equal distance from one anther and there seemed to be an uneasy calm in the waters once again.
From my afternoon trip to Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge outside of Smyrna, Delaware on Saturday 7-25-2009. This was the third stop of the day and my third state after having started the day at the New Jersey Festival of Hot Air Ballooning in Readington, NJ and then a trip to the docks in Philadelphia to shoot the U.S. United States ocean liner that has been tied up there for years awaiting an unknown fate of either scrapping or renovations and preservation.
For more information on the Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, visit their web site at http://www.fws.gov/northeast/bombayhook/.
For more information on Great Egrets, visit the Cornelll Lab Of Ornithology.
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by Gregg Obst on July 27, 2009
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Some photos from my trip to Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge outside of Smyrna, Delaware on Saturday 7-18-2009. For more information on the Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, visit their web site at http://www.fws.gov/northeast/bombayhook/.
Great Blue Heron swoops down into a favorite fishing spot.
Black-Necked Stilt in flight.
The rest of the Double-Crested Cormorants called him King. His wife called him “Bubba”…
Great Egret arriving at shearness pool.
Great Blue Heron wrestles with how to swallow a fish that is perhaps too large to swallow. He was able to swallow it eventually.
Another Black-Necked Stilt. This one was pretty close and decided to pose for me.
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by Gregg Obst on July 14, 2009
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One of the 2 Great Blue Heron that were sharing the Raymond Pool with 56 Great Egrets comes in for a landing. There was some tall marsh grass in the way as you can see in the bottom of the frame.
From my Monday 7-6-2009 trip to the Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge outside of Smyrna, Delaware.
For more information on the Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, visit their web site at http://www.fws.gov/northeast/bombayhook/.
For more information on Great Blue Herons, visit the Cornelll Lab Of Ornithology.
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by Gregg Obst on July 13, 2009
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One of the 56 Great Egrets that I found in the Raymond Pool on this morning. There were so many Egrets all fishing in the same corner of the pool that they would fish for a few minutes then have to take flight and move to another spot in the pool in order to regain some territory. After a while it looked like a wild game of chess where all the pieces were white and had feathers.
From my Monday 7-6-2009 trip to the Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge outside of Smyrna, Delaware.
For more information on the Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, visit their web site at http://www.fws.gov/northeast/bombayhook/.
For more information on Great Egrets, visit the Cornelll Lab Of Ornithology.
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by Gregg Obst on July 12, 2009
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When I found this fellow in a tree, he seemed to be taking a nap. Once he was aware that I had stopped nearby on the wildlife drive he awoke and we sort of had this moment where neither of us moved, waiting to see what the other was up to. He sort of reminds me of “Mr. Burns” from the Simpsons cartoon.
From my Monday 7-6-2009 trip to the Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge outside of Smyrna, DE.
For more information on Black-Crowned Night Herons visit the Cornelll Lab Of Ornithology.
For more information on the Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, visit their web site at http://www.fws.gov/northeast/bombayhook/.
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