A trip to the Wescott shopping center turned into a bird outing yesterday afternoon! The water reservoir near Marshall’s had dozens of wading birds, including Wood Storks, Great Egrets, Snowy Egrets, and White Ibis. Just had my iPhone but it takes nice photos (plus Snapseed app treatment).
A trip to the Wescott shopping center turned into a bird outing yesterday afternoon! The water reservoir near Marshall’s had dozens of wading birds. I was Wood Storks, White Ibis, Great Egrets and Snowy Egrets. I didn’t have my Canon DSLR so used my iPhone 12 and it did fine. I later did some tweaking with the Snapseed photo processing app.
This may have been the most Wood Storks I have ever seen together in one place.
Wood Storks have several collective names: muster, clatter, swoop, phalanx and…what…filth? A filth of Wood Storks. Doesn’t sound right or good!
Note the White Ibis at the lower right of this photo and two Snowy Egrets on the left.
A gate along the fence was open so I approached the Egrets. They look very stately and stoic. When I got too close for their comfort…
I have noticed birds here before but never this many.
Here’s the short video I took. Cool encounter during my run to the pet store to buy cat food!