Sometimes It’s Just Not Worth The Effort
Two snowy egrets were fishing together in the salt marsh this afternoon when one plucked out a pretty nice fish.
Well… snowys being snowys, nothing can just be simple, everything has to be a giant production. So of course the one in the back gets his head feathers all raised up in a huge display and starts to chase his lucky friend who has the sense to starting running off with his prize.
But the chase stopped almost as quickly as it began. So apparently even a snowy can recognize a lost cause and cut his losses and just let the other guy keep his fish.
I did feel a little bad for him though. In that last photo snowball does have kind of a dejected look on his face when he concludes it’s hopeless and he’s now just standing there with his wings tucked back in watching a successful escape.
Phil Lanoue Photography 
They look a bit cold
No they were fine. It was 70F out there today! 🙂
Great captures, Phil The expression on his face is so funny. Thankfully the expression on the poor fishy’s face isn’t visible. 🙂
Yes indeed Sylvia I spared you a distressing fishie face in this one. 🙂
It was funny today because there was one egret, one blue heron, and two snowys out just standing around until a few fish showed up. They all ate the fish and then went right back to just standing around.
I guess that’s what being a wading bird is all about. Just like we humans go out grocery shopping, come home and cook, then eat, before sitting back to watch TV or just do nothing. 🙂
Yups, that sounds about right. 🙂
The one with the feathers raised looks like he’s saying “This is my turf”
Yeah, he might be the bully of the group. Mister Big Shot
“Patience is a virtue” as they say!
Yes, he could easily wait for the next fish (and there will be a next fish) but patience isn’t a quality that snowys posses to any large degree. 🙂
Looks like their sisters having a moment.
It could be, they very well might be related.
Adorable series and narrative. Snowy’ s do have a ton of personality!