Great Egrets - Smith Oaks Rookery

[Donkees]

David Sparks

Great Egrets - Smith Oaks Rookery, High Island, TX -April 2021
Olympus E-M1X camera
150-400mm f4.5 TC lens @419 mm (built-in tc employed)
1/2500 sec at f/6.3, ISO 4000

[Karadeniz]

1. Aaaawww !!!

[AndyS]

2. Smith Oaks attracts photographers worldwide.

I've been there several times and return every Apri for the nesting season.

[Donkees]

3. Another David Sparks photo from April 2021:

David Sparks

Great Egrets - Smith Oaks Rookery, High Island, TX - April 2021
Olympus E-M1X camera
150-400mm f4.5 TC lens @ 236 mm
1/2000 sec at f/5.6, ISO 1000

''It is difficult to get open looks of the eggs and chicks in the nests at the Smith Oaks Rookery. I did manage to obtain a few images in which parts of the birds were not obscured.''

[AndyS]

4. It is a rare opportunity to be so close to so many

Egrets, herons, spoon bills and the 10 ft alligators that wait patiently under the nests.

It's managed by the Houston Audubon society and handicapped accessible. I highly recommend it to anyone who can visit the Texas gulf coast between mid March and early May.