Wild Delaware

one hour in the office

Sunrise comes pretty early this time of year and I am usually out the door before 5:00 a.m. to get to where I will be shooting at sunrise. Sometimes there is good light and no wildlife. Other times there is wildlife and bad light. Today I had great light and an abundance of wildlife.

On a three-acre pond I saw 10 Great Blue Herons, about as many Great Egrets and a hundred or more Snowy Egrets all gathered to catch fish. Plus a couple of Black Skimmers glided by.All of these photographs were shot within an hour of sunrise today. There were so many fish the egrets would catch them and drop some just as fast perhaps because they wanted larger fish or maybe a different species. I was able to photograph them very close-up and it was a great show for an hour. By then they had their fill and fishing turned to just standing.

But it was a great day in the “office” for me!