Fairly Tolerant, this guy came in for a landing with two humans, (and a dog), in plain sight a long stones throw away. I was able to get within a 30 feet of this one a few years ago, (picture taken with an LX and M*300), He came closer but was actual too close for the 300 to focus on him.
http://www.mindspring.com/~palling/photography/gallery3/photographs/Egret03.jpg These birds are nothing compared to how brazen the Great Blue Herons are in Florida, they stand 10 feet away from you and almost dare you to come closer. AlunFoto wrote: > Peter, > >From Adelheid's and my trip to USA in 2004, I remember sneaking up > very, very quietly on a White Egret in Assateague Nat'l. park to get a > picture. But after a couple of close encounters with White Egrets in > Florida (the classic Mousewitz tour), I really wonder how shy these > birds really are. > > How tolerant of humans are these critters are where you live? > > Jostein > > 2008/3/25, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Yes I know a very long way around for a play on words, a very bad play >> on words. >> >> http://www.mindspring.com/~distilfink/PESO%20--%20theegrethaslanded.html >> >> Equipment: Pentax *ist-D/smc Pentax A*300mm f4.0/snc F 1.7x AF Adapter >> >> Note: Once again about 2/3 of the original frame. >> >> As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. >> >> -- >> Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... >> -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> >> > > > -- Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
