Elvis Lives! Spotted At Local Beach....

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

04/29/2006 09:08:02 PM · #1

Elvis was sighted on a North Florida beach today. Onlookers were said to swoon as he wiggled his hips and snarled the tune to Blue Hawaii. Paparazzi were everywhere and the former idol refused to sign autographs for his fans. More on the evening news...

Edit to mention new lens: 100mm 2.8 USM macro! Schweeeet!

Message edited by author 2006-04-29 21:09:46.

ClubJuggle

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

04/29/2006 09:15:23 PM · #2

Wow... I bet he gets all the chicks, too.

~Terry

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

04/29/2006 09:25:25 PM · #3

He was spotted ducking the crowds here a couple years back...

The King

ClubJuggle

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

04/29/2006 09:28:14 PM · #4

Originally posted by BeeCee:

He was spotted ducking the crowds here a couple years back...

The King

Wow... that was pretty fowl. I'm not sure how if I have a comeback that will fit the bill, so I guess I'll have to wing it. I'll have to come up with something that will fly or else my goose is cooked!

~Terry

04/29/2006 09:39:42 PM · #5

cindi, what kind of bird is this anyway? Didn't see anything as interesting as that while I was there. Great pics...I sooooooo want that lens!!!

04/29/2006 10:00:48 PM · #6

Originally posted by ClubJuggle:

Terry, you quack me up!!

And Cindi, great shots :D

04/29/2006 10:03:19 PM · #7

Originally posted by dolphnz8:

cindi, what kind of bird is this anyway? Didn't see anything as interesting as that while I was there. Great pics...I sooooooo want that lens!!!

That's a snowy egret :)

Cam

Sony DSC-F717

04/29/2006 10:16:56 PM · #8

Those are off the wall good.

Wow, very nice. I love 'em.

04/29/2006 11:34:06 PM · #9

Heheheee actually, its not a snowy egret.. there was one of those nearby. I have to search a bit to get the proper name of this one. I just thought it was hillarious looking. And was brave enough to get sooooooo close for quite a while. And the 100mm rocks!

04/29/2006 11:42:55 PM · #10

found it...love looking up birds. It'a Reddish Egret. Can't get over how you captured those Cindi!!

(I want that lens so bad I can taste it!)

04/29/2006 11:45:25 PM · #11

Oooooooooooooh Thanks Cindy! You saved me some googling! :D The lens has a $40 rebate right now if you hurry..... that puts it around $429

04/29/2006 11:56:22 PM · #12

Originally posted by idnic:

Oooooooooooooh Thanks Cindy! You saved me some googling! :D The lens has a $40 rebate right now if you hurry..... that puts it around $429

Thanks Cindi! Just reading on the egret, this IS a Reddish Egret, and they say this is the white phase. Have to read on fyrther because the majority of them are actually reddish in color. Don't know if maybe this is an actual color phase that they go thru prior to the reddening.

Sony 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 E-mount

04/30/2006 12:41:32 AM · #13

Originally posted by dolphnz8:

Originally posted by idnic:
Oooooooooooooh Thanks Cindy! You saved me some googling! :D The lens has a $40 rebate right now if you hurry..... that puts it around $429

Thanks Cindi! Just reading on the egret, this IS a Reddish Egret, and they say this is the white phase. Have to read on fyrther because the majority of them are actually reddish in color. Don't know if maybe this is an actual color phase that they go thru prior to the reddening.

The reddish egret doesn't have yellow feet in any of my birding books; only the snowy has... I'll have to look further...

Yup, also the snowy has a dark beak with the yellow at the base, notice that the reddish pictured has the colour extending farther down. I'm sure it's a snowy :)

Quotes from "A guide to field identification - Birds of North America";
"White phase of Reddish Egret has flesh-coloured, black-tipped bill and bluish legs."
"Snowy Egret - ...bill thin and black with bare yellow skin at the base. Legs black, feet bright yellow in adult, duller in immature."

edited twice as I read further!

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jmsetzler

Sony Alpha a6000

04/30/2006 01:25:22 AM · #14

He really resides in Hickory, North Carolina :)

04/30/2006 01:43:08 AM · #15

Lol, and has got himself one good tan!

Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

04/30/2006 08:40:39 AM · #16

Ok, now I'm totally confused. I thought this one:

was the snowy egret. Its about twice as tall as they guy with the yellow feet. (off to check the bird sites)

lfordhere

Canon EOS-20D

04/30/2006 08:48:16 AM · #17

Originally posted by ClubJuggle:

Originally posted by BeeCee:
He was spotted ducking the crowds here a couple years back...

The King

Wow... that was pretty fowl. I'm not sure how if I have a comeback that will fit the bill, so I guess I'll have to wing it. I'll have to come up with something that will fly or else my goose is cooked!

~Terry

OH my... lol

tinky2

Nikon D7100

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

04/30/2006 08:48:20 AM · #18

Originally posted by idnic:

Ok, now I'm totally confused. I thought this one: was the snowy egret. Its about twice as tall as they guy with the yellow feet. (off to check the bird sites)

This is a Great Egret and I believe too that the first are Snowy Egrets.

04/30/2006 08:48:34 AM · #19

OK..I'm totally confused as well. Haven't found one showing the yellow feet like that! I THINK..it really is a Reddish in the white phase who just got back from doing a performance in Las Vegas and just left the shoes on!!

edit to add what I just found:

Message edited by author 2006-04-30 08:52:20.

04/30/2006 08:53:19 AM · #20

Â© Tom Vezo

These delicate, agile birds often feed by sprinting rapidly through shallow water, chasing schools of minnows and shrimp. This habit makes them easy to identify without seeing their bills and feet. Often several Snowies will be found feeding together, and it is thought that their white color, visible at great distances, lets other birds know where the feeding is good; the sprinting behavior also attracts other birds that then join in the feast. There is evidence that members of a pair of Snowy Egrets, like other large waders, cannot recognize one another except at the nest. Even there, a bird arriving to relieve its mate must perform an elaborate greeting ceremony in order to avoid being attacked as an intruder. During this display the plumes on the head are raised and the incoming bird bows to the one that is sitting. Appeased by this display, the sitting bird leaves and the other takes over.

description 20-27" (51-69 cm). W. 3'2" (97 cm). A small, delicate white heron with a slender black bill, black legs, and yellow feet. In breeding season, it has long lacy plumes on its head, neck, and back. Immature bird similar to adult, but lacks plumes and has yellow stripe up back of leg. Adult Cattle Egret has pale bill, legs, and feet; immature has dark bill, legs, and feet. Much larger Great Egret has yellow bill and black legs and feet. Similar to immature of less common Little Blue Heron, but that species has a stouter, bluish-gray bill, greenish-yellow legs and feet, no yellow skin between eyes and base of bill.

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

04/30/2006 08:58:44 AM · #21

Ah, so this one

is snowy egret and this one

is greater egret! I have been mis-identifying greater egret since I moved here I guess! Thanks tons for the help guys!!

tinky2

Nikon D7100

04/30/2006 09:00:37 AM · #22

Snowy Egret

Yep, idnic, you got it... I love EGRETS. I love Herons too.

04/30/2006 09:01:56 AM · #23

Originally posted by tinky2:

Snowy Egret

Yep, idnic, you got it... I love EGRETS. I love Herons too.

edit to add: beat me to it!!

Adult Breeding Plumage (April 5)
All-white plumage with slender black bill, yellow eyes, black legs, and bright golden-yellow feet are distinctive. Graceful plumes on head, neck and back are striking in breeding adult. Lores turn red and feet turn orange.

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