Today I up and took off and forgot about the housework again today lol yeaaa!!! Georgy took me to a special place where she shoots wildlife - at this lake in Balboa Park - I didnt even know there were Egrets there.. ,at this wonderful wildlife reserve place in Van nuys California... so here my first little attempt in trying to get a wild bird at this new place.( lol with my little camera =nikon 7900). , I had never seen this bird beofre in the wild so it was REAL exciting!!..it was so neat there so ,I had a blast today with my new found friend Georgia,(thanks to Renderosity for finding her)!!...I realise how much I have to learn.. and thats the way it is = the more you learn the more your realise you have lOTS MORE TO LEARN!!!..no matter what stage so stay childlike and have fun thats what I say!.lol...esp around experianced talent like Georgia.. humbling! Here is a litle more on this beautiful long necked bird that reminded me a little of a white flamingo!... oh I do love the way they fly!!.. its sooo BEAUTIFUL!!! WOW!!!! a littlw more info here; ____________________________________________ The great white egret is a graceful, large, and slender bird. The great white egret is also called the white, egret, great egret, the common egret, and the American egret. The loss of habitat and pollution is causing the egret's population to decrease. The egret has an amazing layer of soft feathery feathers during the breeding time. The bird is thirty-five to forty-one inches (eighty-nine to one hundred four centimeters). The American egret has a fifty-five inch (one hundred forty centimeters) wingspan. The bird is only white except for its yellow bill. Its bill is also large. The young develop feathers on their heads, necks, and backs only for the mating season. The feathers are beautiful and very delicate. It lives on five of the continents. Its habitat includes coastal lagoons, marshes, and savanna The bird finds food in marshlands. It finds its prey by coiling its neck ready to stab fish. Its diet includes fish, reptiles, and water invertebrates. During the dry months, it will eat small mammals, nesting birds, and snails. The bird's nest is made of small twigs and sticks and can be anywhere from six to forty feet above water. The egret lays one to six pale green eggs. The eggs take twenty-three to twenty-six days to incubate. The babies are fed the same way as great blue herons. The young great blue herons and great white egrets are fed by their parent putting its bill in the baby's throat to be fed partially digested frogs, fish, and other foods. They used to be called,"The great American white Egret " but that stopped because they exist on five contenents! _______________________________________________ SOrry am behind on comments again lol- ohh so hard to do it all take care of a family of five do photoshoots and comment, but I love you all and loveeee looking at your work and really do try.. will catch up later tonight.. love ya great big hugs ♥ Kimmers! :O)