Photo Study Of Some Birds At Heislerville WMA And E.B. Forsythe NWR (Brigantine) April 23rd, 2010

We were able to  get to Cape May, Heislerville WMA and E.B.Forsythe NWR yesterday. The second pond at Heislerville held 158 Snowy Egrets, 150 Glossy Ibis, 35 Great Egrets and one Tri-colored Heron as well as many Gulls. The numbers of Snowies and Glossy Ibis were quite a pleasant surprise, however, from a photographer's standpoint it was a complete disaster. We were shooting directly into the sun. Still the Heislerville Black-crowned Heron Roost gave us distant but  reasonable shots.

Cape May State Park gave us views of their newly arrived Purple Martins and we were able to get some decent photos of Snowies and Forster's Terns at Brig.

Snowy Egret Breeding Portrait

Great Egret Breeding Portrait

Snowy Egret In Breeding Plumage

Forster's Tern Hovering

Diamond-backed Terrapins Enjoying The Sun

To see a larger image of any of the birds below, please click on either the thumbnails or the captions...thanks!

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