2013/10/07

Ägretthäger - Egretta alba - The Great White Egret

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Ägretthäger - Egretta alba - The Great White Egret
NF Photo 131007, Kvismaren

NF Photo 131007, Rysjön, Kvismaren

This is the view from the tower I was on. It has 3 floors and I was on the top one. To get the images above I used my 400mm lens and added a 2x Tele Plus. It resulted in a 800mm lens. On top of that it was a hard wind shaking the tower. Luckily I was able to have a rather short shutter speed. But considered it is no wonder the images have a lot of noise. But I am happy, it was the first time I saw them in Sweden so I got a Swedish X. There are 2 egrets, a few grey herons and geese in the images. They are in the center of the larger view image.

There seem to be a lot of confusion about where it belongs. I found no less then 2 Latin names for it: Ardea alba, casmerodius albus and Egretta alba. The confusion seem to be if they are herons or not. They can probably figure it out with DNA tests.

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4 comments:

  1. HI It was wonderful that you got a Swedish tick. That tower was very high but you got great shots even it was windy.

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  2. Stunning shots from the tower!

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  3. Elegant water and bird shots and love the presentation ~ carol ( A Creative Harbor)

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  4. Quite a variety in one place!

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