A couple of shots of a Goldfinch working his way through some Black-eyed Susans; his plumage is no longer the same vivid yellow as that of the Goldfinches I've photographed over the course of the summer, a sure sign that cooler weather is on the way:
After chatting with a very nice older couple while I was seeing what Whimsy Pond had to offer, I decided to head over to Howell's Swamp for the first time in a few months; they told me they'd just seen some Great Egrets there, so I figured it was worth a shot. I was not disappointed:
The banks of the pond are still lined with tall reeds and other plant growth; I took those pictures of the bird in flight while I was on top of my car, and in fact was standing upright in order to have a clear line of sight. Fortunately for me and my car, when that particular egret settled down again it did so in an area I could see from the only place along the shore where the greenery isn't taller than I am:
I liked this one because you can see the bottom of the bird's right foot:
As with the first time I saw a Great Egret, the water was calm enough to produce a fairly clear reflection; I chose the majority of these shots to share because I liked the effect created by the mirrored image:
I'm pretty sure the egret is scarfing down a fish in this shot, in large part due to the suspicious bulge in its neck in both this and the subsequent image:
Looking for a new fishing spot:
I liked the effect of the curved branches (at least, I'm pretty sure that's a partially-submerged dead tree) paralleling the curve of the egret's neck:
The Great Egret wasn't the only waterfowl I saw while I was at Howell's today. I never got a truly clear look at or photo of the grayish bird I could see moving around in the same general area as the egret, but I believe it's a Green Heron:
I even managed to get both birds in the same frame, although it was purely by accident:
And just a couple more reflection shots to close things out:
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