169 - A great egret is passing by.
Stealth is required to catch fish.   Amazing to watch.

Great Egret, Ardea alba, fishing in Nundah Creek at Nudgee Beach Wetlands, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Photographed January 2013 - © 2013 Lesley Bray Photography - All Rights Reserved
Great Egret, Ardea alba, (in breeding) viligant in Nundah Creek, taken at Nudgee Beach Wetlands, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Photographed January 2013 - © 2013 Lesley Bray Photography - All Rights Reserved.

The Great Egret is a large white water bird with yellow bill. The neck is about one and a half times as long as the body. It has dark grey or black legs. The bill becomes very dark almost black in the breeding season, and the skin on face becomes greenish. It also grows long plumes on its back during the breeding season. Immatures are similar to adults with darker tip to the bill.
Great Egret
A great egret created a splash when it attempted to spear a fish.
Give me that
With fishy
Great egret
Glimpse
Great Egret
Great Egret
Great Egret
See photo in original gallery.