Mating Dance

Great Egret mating dance

This Great Egret was striking its best mating dance pose at the High Island rookery.  This shot was taken early in the rookery season in 2009 during one of my scouting missions to see if any birds had shown up yet at the rookery.  Not many birds around except this one doing the dance.  I love how they show their breeding plumage to attract a mate.  It was a foggy morning and the shot came out a little soft with ISO 500 and shutter at 1/125 sec but it gives it good feel.  That’s my story and I’m stickin to it.  I can’t wait until this spring…