Nesting Birds on Three Rooker Bar

Fantastic photo journey Stacey - thanks so much :)

Thanks to all of you! I really need to finish this thread...

I caught this Checkered White, Pontia protodice, oviposting on a Sea Rocket which is a beautiful coastal/dune plant on some of our barrier islands http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/62582/index.html

A fledgling White Ibis and parent. Notice the baby's bill is getting longer and starting to curve.

Laughing Gull collecting nesting material to weave into the grasses of the nest

All of this material is seaweed and debris that the bird has collected from the high tide line

Special delivery! Ü

Back to the Reddish Egret...these birds are such fun to watch. They posture and pose and fluff their feathers out all the time, more than any other bird I've watched...I'm not sure what this birds status was. The feathers say adult but the bird stayed very close to the same spot on the tree like a baby about to leave the nest...

Here's that series...

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And last my favorite of the RE series

Yet another great series Stacey! Pic #2 is so comical :-). But pic #4 makes him/her look like a Phoenix!!!! Cool!

-Julie