1 August 2022 - Hollingworth Lake

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Great (White) Egret, Little Egret

A first for Hollingworth Lake today - both Great and Little Egrets together.  The weather was warm and sunny, and I could see both birds from the road, but the Great was over by the Pavilion Cafe spit, and the Little Egret on the exposed mud of the reserve.  I tried from the road to get both in the shot together, but the gaps in the trees were preventing everything except a fairly wide angle shot.  

I had a look from the hide, but there wasn't much too see, and then as I walked further towards the Pavilion area, I could see both birds were feeding on the edge of the promontory.  I went down through the trees to a point where I could see and waited a few minutes, and eventually both came together and allowed some photos of the two species side-by-side, albeit somewhat against the light.

Great and Little Egrets, 1/640 sec, f/14.0, 500 mm, ISO 500 (view full size image)

Great and Little Egrets , 1/640 sec, f/14.0, 500 mm, ISO 640 (view full size image)