
The Great White Egret Mating Dance

by Mary Lou Chmura
Title
The Great White Egret Mating Dance
Artist
Mary Lou Chmura
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Photograph - Photography
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The Great White Egret Mating Dance - Nature and Wildlife Fine Art Photography by Mary Lou Chmura
The Great White Egret Mating dance is by far one of the most fascinating and impressive courtship dances of all. I absolutely love to watch the courting behaviors of these magnificent beautiful birds.
Beginning with their elongated necks in a backward S curve position with their long bills straight up and their long feathery plumes (also known as aigrettes), beautifully fanned out; the male egret will suddenly outstretch his elongated neck all the way up to the top and then without a moments notice he will snap it back down into the low crouching backward S curve position. When he reaches the bottom he will start outsrtetching his neck, once again, then suddenly snapping it back down; repeating this pattern over and over.
The male egret will do this dance numerous times and then stop for a brief time in between to preen his long feathery plumes.
I find this courtship behavior to be completely mesmerizing. I love the elegantly graceful fanning of the beautifully long plumes.
This Fine Art Stock Photo comes in a multitude of sizes and media formats to accommodate whatever your needs may be.
It is suitable as a home decor or office wall print, that will add nice accent to any room where you would like to add a touch of nature's marvelous wonders.
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All photographs and images: copyright © 1998-2019 Mary Lou Chmura - All Rights Reserved.
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May 14th, 2019
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Kathy M Krause
Sensational capture of this gorgeous egrets mating dance, Mary Lou! Excellent composition, timing, details and love the bokeh! F/L

Linaji Creating
I would LOVE to Invite you to my new group: All Genre of Photography…. I so enjoy your work and appreciate you! Here is the link: https://fineartamerica.com/groups/all-genre-of-photography-.html?tab=overview Hope to see you soon!
Mary Lou Chmura replied:
Thank you so very much, Linaji, your invitation and kind words are greatly appreciated!