Serendipity - White morph Reddish Egret

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Ser-en-dip-i-ty
Noun
   the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way


Three photos of a white morph Reddish Egret actively feeding at the North Jetty on Bolivar Peninsula (TX). Serendipitously, I captured three frames in which the minnow being chased was leaping out of the water. 

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White morph Reddish Egret - Bolivar Peninsula (TX)

White morph Reddish Egret - Bolivar Peninsula (TX)

10:18:34 AM - April 04, 2017
D500 with 500mm f/4 lens and 1.4x teleconverter
1/4000 sec at f/6.3, ISO 220 - handheld
 

White morph Reddish Egret - Bolivar Peninsula (TX)

White morph Reddish Egret - Bolivar Peninsula (TX)

10:18:35 AM - April 04, 2017
D500 with 500mm f/4 lens and 1.4x teleconverter
1/4000 sec at f/6.3, ISO 280 - handheld

White morph Reddish Egret - Bolivar Peninsula (TX)

White morph Reddish Egret - Bolivar Peninsula (TX)

10:26:04 AM - April 04, 2017
D500 with 500mm f/4 lens and 1.4x teleconverter
1/4000 sec at f/6.3, ISO 280 - handheld

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David Sparks

I retired in 2005 after 40 years of research and teaching at the University of Alabama in Birmingham (24 years), the University of Pennsylvania (8 years) and the Baylor College of Medicine (8 years). Photography is my retirement hobby.

Nature photography, especially bird photography, combines a number of things that I really enjoy: bird-watching, being outdoors, photography, travel, messing about with computers, and learning new skills and concepts.  I now spend much of my time engaged in these activities.

David Sibley in the preface to The Sibley Guide to Birds wrote "Birds are beautiful, in spectacular as well as subtle ways; their colors, shapes, actions, and sounds are among the most aesthetically pleasing in nature."  My goal is to acquire images that capture the beauty and uniqueness of selected species as well as images that highlight the engaging behaviors the birds exhibit.