Cattle Egret: Blackpoint Wildlife Drive, Merritt Island NWR, Titusville, Florida, USA, January 2025 — Returning to my last visit to the Space Coast a year ago. The Cattle Egrets hunt lizards right at the edge of the road on Blackpoint. You can often pull up beside them, roll down the window, and just about reach out and touch them as they hunt. (Probably not a good idea, lest they mistake your finger for a lizard.) They are so close it is a challenge to focus on them and keep them in the frame long enough for a photo. Sony a6700. Tamron 50-400 at 600mm equivalent field of view. Program with bird and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.