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| "This way, readers!" |
Gotta love a helpful pack-o-Pelicans! Errr... American White Pelicans.
OK! Cheyenne Bottoms! The bird we saw in most abundance was Egrets! Yes - Egrets! We saw a few. But then again, too few to menti-- ... right. Sorry. We've done that one before!
We saw Snowy Egrets ...
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| "Heeeeeere, fishie, fishie, fishie...." |
And Great Egrets ...
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| "I'm great!" "So am I!" |
And Snowy Egrets hanging out with Great Egrets ...
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| "We Snowies are every bit as great as you guys." "Yeah, whatever." |
For the record, Cam and I side with the Snowy!
We also saw some Double-Crested Cormorants:
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| Cormorant Fly-Over |
And a tiny Pied-Billed Grebe:
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| "Hello!" |
We think he was a young one, based on the white on his throat and that he didn't have a stripe or band across his bill.
We also saw this Great Egret crashing a party:
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| "Hey, everyegret! What's going on?!?" |
Mom was very happy that this Snowy Egret did a nice, long "sit/stay" for her:
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| "You DO have a fishie or a froggie or something for me, right, Camera Lady?" |
Hmm. I don't believe she did! We should pack some next time!
Finally, no trip to Cheyenne Bottoms or Quivira would be complete without spotting at least one Great Blue Heron:
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| "Why ARE rubber chickens funny?" |
He looks like he's thinking deep thoughts, doesn't he? He must read great literature or something.
Well, as I said, this wraps up the latest adventure! We hope you enjoyed coming with us!
Yours sincerely,
Margaret Thatcher
PS: If you need to get caught up --
Part 1
Part 1.5
Part 2 and
Part 3
Maggie your mom is blessed with the best eye for what will make the best most action filled close ups and OMCs she must have the quickest snapping finger in all of Kansas.
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Hugs madi and mom
Great photos once again. I agree that your mom is blessed with the best eye. Hope you are having a great day and fall is showing up in your area.
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Noreen and Hunter
We enjoyed each and every part. You had a great adventure. So where are we headed next?
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We always like these pictures. Especially the one with the Great and the Snowy. That was furry cute.
ReplyDeleteI think the snowy egret is pretty grreat for doing such a nice sit-stay!
ReplyDeleteSuch purrty birdies! What a great adventure! Our mommy and daddy went to a huge art festival and one of the vendors was selling photos of birdies. He won the people's choice for best exhibit! Anyway, we think your mom's photos are just as good as his in case she ever thought of selling them. Here's the dude's site: http://www.mccrain.com/
ReplyDeleteI love the egrets, all kinds. We rarely see those water birds around here. Thanks for sharing. And you should pack a fish to train the birds to do sit-stays!
ReplyDeleteOh, I LOVES those Egrets too! I agree, I thinks the Snowy Egrets are the coolest! And I do thinks your Moms should carry some fishies in her pocket next time....that'll smell FABulous in the car! BOL!!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tour gurls! And, I don't knows why rubber chickens are funny....I likes the ones with the honkers inside!
Kisses,
Ruby ♥
Your beautiful shots just blow us away!
ReplyDeleteYour Pals,
Murphy & Stanley
gotta love that Egret 'tude :D (egrettitude?) we love your birding adventures. thanks for taking us along! say 'hello' back from us to that little grebe next time :)
ReplyDeletepip, smidgen, minnie, hollie, sharpie, ditto, TL
Awesome photos but we have to say that our favorite is the Great Egret coming in for a landing. We just love that one!
ReplyDeletelove it all! Thanks for sharing.
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