I would guess this is a Great Egret, but I'm no expert. In any case, I spotted him perched in a tree next the trickle of the Rouge River that spills over the dam of one of the lakes in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. A heron was standing near him in the water. But I was on my way to the bank and didn't have a camera. Gee, I ought to go home for the camera, I thought. But no. Figured they'e both be gone. Finished some of my estate executort business at the bank and realized I was missing one of the four checkbooks I needed. So I drove back home for the checkbook. The heron was gone, but the egret was still there. So I picked up the K20D, A 400/5.6, 540 flash and Xtender along with the checkbook. On my way back, much to my surprise, the egret was still sitting on the same branch where I had first spied him. So I parked the car, crept up to within about 50 feet and clicked off a few shots. Not great light, but I worked on it a bit in conversion. And here it is. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7768636.
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