Egretta garzetta

[MILLIREHM]

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[Jakov Minić]

I have never seen such a bird, and, I have never seen such a tree

[Bjørn Rørslett]

The tree looks like a Tamarix - no idea about the bird though.

[MILLIREHM]

It indeed is a Tamarix, and the shot is taken in Southern France the Rhone-Delta also known as Camarque. There are no other trees instead of these bushy growing trees thats why the heron species there are breeding in rather low heights. Camargue hosts 9 heron species (in addition to the ever present Flamingos)

And the english name of the bird species is "Little egret", in german "Seidenreiher"

[Tristin]

Nice bird, distracting composition.

[Jan Anne]

Hey Wolfgang, its been a while, good to have you here at NG.

Great shot btw

[Akira]

Very interesting environmental portrait of a peculiar bird, along with the bee in flight!

[MILLIREHM]

Thanks for all your versatile comments

[MILLIREHM]

Hey Wolfgang, its been a while, good to have you here at NG.

Great shot btw

Thanks and nice to see you again "Amigo" ;-)

[Jan Anne]

Thanks and nice to see you again "Amigo" ;-)

I made a detour to Vienna last June after a week in Slovenia with the other crew members, would have been nice to finally meet up

[MILLIREHM]

I made a detour to Vienna last June after a week in Slovenia with the other crew members, would have been nice to finally meet up

Maybe there will be another opportunity in the future

[ColinM]

Hey Wolfgang, its been a while, good to have you here at NG.

Same from me too.
It's great to see more old friends joining in here.

If you haven't seen it, there's an interesting thread here on the 200-500mm started by Mongo that might tempt you if you haven't already invested in one.

[MILLIREHM]

Thank you Colin for givin me this welcome
I have seen there is a 200-500 thread here, and I have read Mongos contribution on the "other site", the only thing i have read there since a long period of time. I did a short try of this lens at my vendor
it is tempting but currently I don't think it is the right one for me, because I am searching whether something is fitting in between the 200-400/4VR and the 70-300VR I already have. For lightweight travel issue (and still some bird capability) and when I dont want to take big glass with me the 70-300 currently is the lens of choice for me. Having better quality and range but keeping limited weight and size would be fine, for that purpose the 200-500 is too big and too close to the 200-400, maybe the 80-400 is the better option for that. Decision will be made next year

will contribute to this topic and the relevant threads at a later stage