Bird Week 10: Chincoteague 5 / by Dave Hileman

Today is the big birds and sticks edition. Both photos feature the largest birds of their kind, the Great Blue Heron and the Great Egret. And here we see them framed by bare branches. I found the GBH standing above the other one most interesting as I rarely see one head on staring back at me. And the contrast of the bright white feathers of the serene and orderly GE with the mass of tangled branches along the marsh was too good to pass over.

CNWR  Pair GBH1DSCF0852-SAI-sharpen.jpeg
CNWR  GE brush 1DSCF0899-SAI-sharpen.jpeg