One more river photo thread before the storm comes in...

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I was pretty busy today, but seeing that a storm was coming in, I thought I'd throw myself out the door for just one hour for a short walk around the river. Again, I went hoping to get some good pictures of the visiting swans and made a beeline for the big pond where they'd be. There is a popular viewing area at the pond that I always avoid - too many people attracting very tame ducks and such. But today as I approached, I saw a big egret very near the viewing area so I went there. And from there - from just one spot, I took most all of today's pictures. Hung out for 20 min and went home. Pretty good for such a short session...

here's a perfect photo op...




This is as close to the swans as I could get today...


A great blue heron comes in for a landing...


This little green heron just arrived looking pretty agitated...


a bit calmer now...




and I finally get around to shooting the great egret...


a nice quicky today - now four days of rain...