15th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Egret Father
It was about halfway through the Roseate Spoonbill mating season (April 2016) so I went to Smith Oaks Rookery to get some photos of the hatchlings. While I was there a pair of Great Egrets that had apparently gotten a late start. The male was still gathering nesting material and I was able to get this photo on one of his return trips to the trees.
Photo Detail
| Date Taken: | 04.2016 |
| Date Uploaded: | 06.2017 |
| Photo Location: | High Island, Texas, United States of America |
| Camera: | NIKON D7000 |
| Copyright: | © Kenneth Wingard |