Little Egret: Fishing close ups

A couple of days ago while I was waiting for Osprey sightings at Carnsew Basin a Little Egret dropped very close to my cover and it kept me busy for an hour with a nice run of close up fishing portraits a few of which are posted below.

After a bit of a battle in which the fish escaped twice the Egret finally wins !

Little Egret Fishing

Two Little Egret fly into the North East arm of Drift Reservoir for a spot of fishing on its shallow margins. The birds separated and I tracked the closer of the pair as it entered the margins in front of my cover.

It kept me busy for just over an hour as it predated on small fish and frogs and then rested for ten minutes before flying off in the direction that it had come from.

Little Egrets are very skillful hunters and always a joy to watch and photograph !