{"id":5857,"date":"2014-11-11T07:17:09","date_gmt":"2014-11-11T12:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p4td.lightshedder.com\/?p=5857"},"modified":"2014-11-11T07:32:12","modified_gmt":"2014-11-11T12:32:12","slug":"egret-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=5857","title":{"rendered":"Egret Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 2010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/wpid5855-DSC03783.jpg?resize=904%2C840\" alt=\"\" width=\"904\" height=\"840\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two Great Egrets and a Snowy\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There were large numbers of Egrets and Herons on either side of the canal (resaca) at the municipal park next to the Edinburg Scenic Wetlands World Birding Center in Edinburg Texas when we visited on a rainy day last week. As Egrets will do, the males on one side of the resaca were &#8220;facing off&#8221; with the males on the other side.\u00a0I have seen it in all sized bodies of water, and at all kinds of distances. It is most dramatic of course in smaller pools where the Egrets go beak to beak. The closest of the Great Egrets here shows the typical posture.<\/p>\n<p>Sony HX400V at 1200mm equivalent field of view. Shutter preferred. 1\/640th @ ISO 500 @ f6.3. 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