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Magnolia Gardens 4-16-2021

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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? The birds are almost contortionist. Here this one is handing off nest building material.
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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? The birds are almost contortionist. Here this one is handing off nest building material.

  • GBH doing a little preening.
  • GBH with nictitating eyelid showing.
  • Is it a bird? Is it a plane? The birds are almost contortionist. Here this one is handing off nest building material.
  • I have not shot at magnolia Gardens in about 1-1/2 months. My friends told me that we would see a chick in this nest. When I saw this bird, I asked where the chick was. Guess what It has grown this much in that period of time. Notice that the chicks never look happy!
  • Great Egret with breeding plumage.
  • I believe that this Great Egret is doing a mating ritual. Note the green by its eye and of course , the beautiful plumage.
  • The egrets are quite impressive in flight. Note the beak full of nesting material it is carrying back to the nest.
  • As the old song goes, "Meanwhile, back in the jungle"............
  • And here he is coming for a landing with the construction material. Note the legs are on a horizontal plan with claws spread out.
  • Touch down! Mama looks on patiently.
  • He moves on over to hand off the material.
  • And she goes to work like a good mate.
  • And a beautiful Iris to finish the day off.
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