Building Together
by Dawn Currie
Title
Building Together
Artist
Dawn Currie
Medium
Photograph - Digital
Description
Photographic artwork by Dawn Currie. Great Egrets building their nest in central Florida.
Featured on Fine Art America/Pixels:
- ABC Group
- Birds In Focus
- Egrets
- FAA Portraits - Birds
- Nature Photography
- Pure Nature Photography
- Shore birds of Florida
- Wild Birds of the World
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- 500 Views
The elegant Great Egret is a dazzling sigh. They are a large elegant white bird with impressive wingspans. They hunt in classic heron fashion, standing immobile or wading through wetlands to capture fish with a deadly jab of their yellow bill. Great Egrets were hunted nearly to extinction for their plumes in the late nineteenth century, sparking conservation movements and some of the first laws to protect birds.
I love shooting these beautiful birds in a variety of popular birdwatching locations in central Florida, but the best place to photograph nesting Egrets is Gatorland Orlando. The biggest challenge is capturing the detail in their dazzling white feathers under the Florida sun and avoiding the invasive Brazilian Pepper plants.
The male builds a nest platform from long sticks and twigs before pairing up with a female, and then both members of the pair may collaborate to complete the nest, though the male sometimes finishes it himself. The nest is up to 3 feet across and 1 foot deep. It is lined with pliable plant material that dries to form a cup structure. They don't typically reuse nests from year to year. The nest itself is up to 100 feet off the ground, often over water, usually in or near the top of a shrub or tree.
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January 12th, 2014
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Comments (33)
Don Columbus
Congratulations Dawn, your work is Featured in "Birds In Focus" I invite you to place it in the group's "2018 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
HH Photography of Florida
A beautiful mated pair. Congratulations Dawn, for your Feature in the group, Showcasing The South. As a permanent record, you’re invited to post your image in the Featured Image Archive thread in the group discussions. L
Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 views Groups nominated images by your fellow artist in the Special Features #7 promotion discussion. Please visit and pass on the love to another artist.
Kay Brewer
This is a fabulous find, Dawn! It's an absolutely amazing and talented capture! l/f and Special Feature for Promotion in the 1000 Views group.
William Tasker
Lovely scene so beautifully captured! Your beautiful image has been featured by Wild Birds Of The World, a nature photography group. L/F