Now THAT’S More Like It!
After yesterday’s post showing the egret in an embarrassing situation, holding on to a tiny shrimp while being scared off by a pelican, I figured it would be a good idea to show the egret in a much more productive mode!
Here he is plucking a nice size fish out of the salt marsh. So now everybody knows the egret is in fact a fearsome hunter and not just a little scaredy cat.
There….I feel better now that that’s taken care of. 🙂
Phil Lanoue Photography 
Questa volta ha una preda veramente grossa. Bel colpo per la garzetta e bellissimo scatto per te 🙂
Ciao, Pat
Grazie Pat ha fatto ottenere un buon pasto!
Oh yes, that’s much better, Phil. I was getting a little worried about him yesterday. He’s redeemed his reputation. 🙂
He is sort of like Mr. A in that respect, he wants to be thought of as a big bad predator.
Oh and sorry about the sad fishy face.
No problem, Phil. I’m getting sort of hardened to it now. 😛
Yeah I kinda figured you would be used to seeing the unfortunate end to some of our little friends in the sea, but then it helps some other creature like this egret survive. It can be a tough marsh out there sometimes. 🙂
Stunning photograph!
Well thank you so much, I’m glad you liked it!
Nice post, Phil!
Thanks for checking it out, I appreciate it!
The mighty egret redeemed!
Plus he gets a nice big fresh meal. It’s a win/win!
Ouch! Great catch though! He looks really satisfied with himself, and rightly so! 🙂
The best part was he got to keep the fish. No eagle or great blue heron swooped in to steal it.
I bet he was a happy boy! That’s great he got it all to himself!
He was very happy. It’s not every day he plucks out such a nice treat!
So I see the egret’s union got to you. I had heard they were a powerful lobby group.
Oh those guys are brutal and they do indeed have a powerful lobby. Lots of political clout.
The last time I crossed one it pooped on my car.
How did he manage to get that fish so clean given those muddy feet indicating some serious gunk there?
Oh they often rinse off the fish, seriously. They will usually take the fish out of the water with the idea being, if they should happen to drop the fish it can’t swim away if you drop it into mud. But then you are stuck with a muddy fish which they don’t like. A quick rinse usually solves the problem.
Big winner!!! I’m happy for him 🙂 Great shot, Phil!
Finally a nice score for our egret friend! He seemed happy!
Wonderfully captured as always, Phil – and quite a catch for the egret too! 😉
Thank you Stefano, I appreciate your very kind words and glad you enjoyed this egret photo!
Nice action shot 🙂
Thanks much for checking it out and I’m glad you liked this egret photo!
What a beautiful shot.
Hey thanks very much Jan!
What a shot, Phil! I love the light, colours, detail – beautiful!
Thank you Maggie, it was nice to see the egret with a big catch. (Not so nice for the fish though)
I’m still having a really tough time here and I greatly appreciate you checking in with me.
Phil, what a great capture – on both your part and the egret 🙂 How often do you make it out on such photo shoots?
I truly appreciate your very kind comments Tricia, thank you!
I generally try to get out there several times a week.
Phil, I love these narratives of yours! That big, muddy foot makes it appear the fish was hard-won. Great shot!
Well thanks a million I’m so glad you enjoyed this egret photo!
He had already dropped the fish in the mud once and had to rinse it off. They always prefer a nice clean fish!
Yes, this looks like a fine dinner :D. Beautiful milky white shot!!!
Oh this was an excellent dinner for our egret friend for sure!
I’m happy you liked the photo showing our boy in action!
Fearsome I guess is a bit of a stretch. He did not spear a Piranha. 😀
Oh no, the egret would not want to be out there with piranhas, those fish might bite his sensitive little toes! 😯 🙂
Great shot, Phil! Is this guy/guy-ette just starting to wear breeding plumes?
Thanks and yes we are just starting to see egrets getting some breeding plumage and also some slight hints of green breeding lores can be seen.
Excellent!! How exciting, lovely signs of spring springing forth!
Wow, if I didn’t know better I’d swear you had photoshopped that fish in – it’s an impressive size for sure! As always, lovely photo. I really like the raised up muddy foot.
Heh heh, no phony photoshopping ever done on any of my photos, I don’t even know how to do that even if I ever wanted to. 🙂 This egret has the fish speared on the side and looks like his bill is not protruding all the way through.
Glad you enjoyed the pic and the muddy feet!
Superb shot, Phil.
another beauty – not seeing your posts in the feed for some reason Phil 😦