Goose Pond...the bigger birds

We were fortunate to see a lot of egrets and heron at Goose Pond, but they were too far for me to get really good shots and I can only crop them so much. I shot these from two different spots as you can see by the light on the photos. We could really see a lot of birds from this spot, but there was no where to get closer to them. The one on the left that is bent seems to have a fish in its bill.
More fishing.....the bent one has something in its bill and the one behind it has a large bulge in the throat.

This was the closest I got to any of them......still not a very well-focused shot.

I was surprised how close this one let me get as I was creeping past towards a large bunch of them. However, there was all that tall grass between us!

The best air shot I got.

A couple herons by themselves.

One heron, three egrets. I think the egrets are the Great Egrets. In the flying and stalking shots, I see black feet.

Great Blue Heron ready to take off.

In the air.

I like the farm in the background. If you look closely here, there is a Heron way back in the grass in the middle and then an Egret closer and some ducks....we never did identify them..... across the opening.

Very distant, but I liked this shot anyway. The Egret looks like it is conversing with the ducks.

Egret...ducks....stilt on the right.

Mike spotted this lovely skink (5 Lined Skink, I believe) on a bridge we were walking past.

Monday the US Open Tennis matches start and I may not be out taking photos much. I'm guessing the next two weeks my posting will be hit and miss!