Saturday, June 24, 2023

Saturday Critters #497

I am happy and thankful for all of the sunshine and beautiful blue skies we had last week,
and the drought...yes, can I say that, we were experiencing a drought.
This week we have had sunless skies and lots of rain. 

Last week I saw several 

Egrets

Egrets are herons, long legged wading birds...that have white plumage,
that develop fine plums during mating season.





Cormorants
Cormorants are large waterbirds.
They can hold their breath for several minutes and dive up to 150 feet under water to catch a fish.



This Osprey is in the town Spring Lake.
I visit and photograph this bird often and I am hoping to see babies soon.





Sharing today's images with Eileen at 
Viewing Nature With Eileen 
for Saturday Critters

14 comments:

Marie Smith said...

The long egret feathers are quite spectacular! Love the cormorant though it is not as handsome a bird as the egret. The Osprey is on guard by the look of it; we watch one here who stands guard near the nest!

♥ Łucja-Maria ♥ said...

Dear Debbie!
The heron is wonderfully posing for your perfect photos.
I've been dry for a month as well. It was hot summer all week. Yesterday it rained heavily and today it was very cold - 12 degrees Celsius.
Greetings from distant Poland.
Have a nice weekend, Debbie:)

Jim and Barb's Adventures said...

My favorite would be the osprey, so cool to watch flying and fishing. The cormorant is very destructive, a flock of those can decimate a fishing lake quickly by eating thousands of young fry in a matter of days.

Debbie said...

hi jim, how interesting, i did not know that!!

Rian said...

Debbie, your pics are fantastic. Didn't know Egrets had those featherings... really pretty. And the Osprey on the nest is a great pic.

RedPat said...

The shots of the Egret are wonderful and really capture its beauty.

BeachGypsy said...

I love seeing the osprey nests--- they are huge aren't they. I always pause to look at them.

eileeninmd said...

Hello Debbie,
These are all beautiful birds to see. I love the egrets, they are lovely.
Great captures of the Cormorant and the Osprey. It will be nice to see the baby Ospreys. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Take care, have a great weekend. PS, thank you for leaving me a comment.

BeachGypsy said...

PS... those long feathers on that egret....they look so soft and feathery, blowing in the wind ....reminds me of "dandy-lions" LOL

magiceye said...

Gorgeous captures all!

Shiju Sugunan said...

The egrets are particularly lovely with those long feathers, and I especially like the captures of the cormorant and the osprey.

Conniecrafter said...

You know I don't think I have seen a Cormorant. The Osprey looks so majestic up there, that is a pretty impressive nest she has there.
I guess we had rain while we were gone but nothing since we have been back.

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