14th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Great Egret with Hole in Water

This photo is showing a Great Egret feeding. Notice that the head is in the water, but the water has yet to close in on the head. A virtual "hole" in the water.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 05.2014
Date Uploaded: 11.2016
Photo Location: Mandeville, Louisiana, United States of America
Copyright: © Alfred Calabrese