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19-FEB-2010 Coleen Perilloux Landry

Here Comes the Bride ... or Groom - 2010

My heart is broken. The government powers that be are setting off noise and lights to scare the birds from the rookery. The birds have been coming here for over four decades. I am so happy I got some shots this evening when the first 14 egrets arrived for the season. I thought I could outlast the man sitting in the truck with the equipment but I left at dark and he didn't. Life is not always fair.

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Mark Elert26-Feb-2010 20:29
A fantastic bird in a fantastic setting. I like the light.
Leonard Earl Johnson 20-Feb-2010 20:20
Lovely. May I write a description: "Ruthie's Wedding Veil"

Why are Federals scaring le birds? Airport traffic? Democrats spotted in Pirogues?
A J Adams20-Feb-2010 13:29
Beautiful capture.
petesie20-Feb-2010 13:24
Oh my gosh, this is beautiful. I'm sorry, I don't understand keeping birds from a rookery......that makes no sense whatsoever. But why am I surprised?
pkocinski20-Feb-2010 13:00
Awesome capture!
laine20-Feb-2010 12:51
I thought birds belong in Rookeries...are they nuts ???
beautiful shot, Coleen !!!
Neal Nye20-Feb-2010 12:13
Why would anyone want to scare these beautiful creatures away? What a terrific shot of this one displaying like that!
J. Scott Coile20-Feb-2010 12:08
Why??? She is beautiful!
Cornelis Heijkant 20-Feb-2010 11:10
What an amazing beauty!
Ali Majdfar20-Feb-2010 10:57
Superb capture! ~V
ewa toll20-Feb-2010 10:49
beautiful
Yvonne20-Feb-2010 05:58
What sad news - the price of "progress" as some see it. What a beautiful capture you made today with this lovely egret! v
NealyBob20-Feb-2010 03:54
Too bad they have to move. A very beautiful display~! V
Dennis Hoyne20-Feb-2010 03:39
Beautiful image, Coleen. It's obvious from this picture why these birds were harvested so extensively in the 19th. century to supply the hat trade demanded by the Victorian style of the times.
Bill Ewart Jr20-Feb-2010 03:17
That is so sad, people can be so destructive.
GREAT shot though, maybe you should be shooting the powers that be instead, now that would make an interesting gallery and maybe scare them away!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ed Preston20-Feb-2010 03:06
Boo powers that be! Great capture Coleen!
Tomasz Dziubinski - Photography20-Feb-2010 02:24
Beautiful image, Vote.