Egrets

Little Egret in flight

Adult Great Egret having just landed

Adult Great Egret in flight

Little Egret wandering through the shallows of the Chobe River hunting for food

Little Egret – a successful hunting session in the shallows of the Chobe River

Litttle Egret on Skimmer island in the Chobe River

Litttle Egret on Skimmer island in the Chobe River

Litttle Egret on Skimmer island in the Chobe River

Great Egret likes hunting in water whereas the Yellow-billed Egret likes hunting in flooded grasslands.

Adult Great Egret which looks very similar to the Yellow-billed Egret but for its S-shaped neck

Juvenile Great Egret in flight. Its beak will turn yellow as an adult

Cattle Egret perched on a dead tree trunk in the Chobe River alongside the Chobe Game Lodge

Adult Yellow-billed Egret in lfight

Adult Cattle Egret takes off from its perch in the trees just above the rapids in the Chobe River downstream of Mowana Lodge

Great Egret landing alongside the Chobe River

Yellow-billed Egret banking in front of me – perfect pose – light almost right

Great Egret flying towards me – perfect just have to wait for it to get almost full in the frame.

Little Egret poised to catch that fish swimming around his feet

Juvenile Great Egret landing alongside the Chobe River. A shot almost straight into the sun but made a more interesting image

This Cattle Egret with the last vestages of its breeding plumage beat this lizard into submission before swallowing it whole.

Successful hunting by this Little Egret. This bird was foraging close to a pod of dosing hippo.

Little Egret all dressed up in breeding feathers

Great White landing alongside the Chobe

Cattle Egret hanging around a pod of hippos

The Little Egret’s characteristic yellow feet

Cattle Egret about to land with landing gear down and locked and full flaps

Great White Egret spear fishing

Cattle Egret with an afternoon snack

A small flock of Cattle Egrets in flight

Cattle Egret preening itself

Great White coming into land

Characteristic ‘S’ shape to the Great White Egret’s neck

Characteristic ‘S’ shape to the Great White Egret’s neck

Great White Egret perched on a dead log alongside the Chobe River

Cattle Egret hopping between Hippos

Great White Egret taking off

Juvenile Great White Egret – green facial colour where the adult’s is yellow

Slaty Egret feeding in flooded grass alongside the Chobe river

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