Cattle Egret, Audubon Zoo, New Orleans, LA, 2007-Jul-21
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This Cattle Egret with breeding plumage was much less eventful to photograph. Before taking this photo, I had never noticed the lovely lavender and pale blue “eye makeup” they have. I don’t know if that’s a breeding coloration, or year-round.
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Laughing Kookaburra, Audobon Zoo, New Orleans, LA, 2007-Jul-21
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Image 3 of the three day series. The Kookaburra, who seemed to be flying directly at me, apparently has great eyesight: he was actually aimed behind me and slightly left, having spotted this yummy treat from 10 feet away. It wasn’t all [...]
Laughing Kookaburra, Audobon Zoo, New Orleans, LA, 2007-Jul-21
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Image 2 of the three day series. While taking these pictures of the Laughing Kookaburra, I was squatted down on my heels (ass-to-grass, as they say in the gym). Suddenly the kookaburra, which had been sitting calmly on the rope, flew right [...]
Laughing Kookaburra, Audobon Zoo, New Orleans, LA, 2007-Jul-21
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The next three days I will post a series of this Australian Laughing Kookaburra. For this photo, he sat on the rope between the sidewalk and the aviary grounds for quite some time, even enduring a small child tugging and swinging on [...]