Putnam's Point, U. Klamath Lake. 2 Snowy Egrets today.

[Howard West]

I had planned to post some pictures, but thought it better to just post the S. Egrets while they might still be there.

Howard West,

Klamath Falls

[Howard West]

Some pic from Putnam's Point today. In order to send 3 low res pic, I cropped very heavily. 1 pic is of of a Snowy Egret, and two shots of a Great Egret, fishing. The first fishing frame was #4522, in which he was flipping a fish.

Forty two seconds later he had 3, and maybe 4 minnows in his mouth. If somehow another G. Egret snuck in unseen by me, which I don't think happened, he caught at least 3 fish in 42 seconds

I hope someone can explain how he could catch, and hold on to at least 3 minnows, and it looks like maybe 4.

I have seen Yellow-headed black birds gather a whole mouth full of insects, and then head for its nest, but insects and fish are 2 different things. 

Catching, and holding on to live fish, how did this happen? I had heavy shadows when he first flipped the mouthful of fish, and I saw 1 fall down.

At 11:09:05 he was flipping the last of his mouthful of fish.This at frame 4545.

I would like to hear from anyone who can shed some light on what I saw happen today!

Howard West,

Klamath falls Or.

[Mary Williams Hyde]

Howard these are stunning! And thanks for your help yesterday in getting the trespassing vehicle removed from INSIDE the Putnam's Point park area. They had driven their vehicle thru the closed cones and tape and parked right next to the lake near the lake's edge and turned the radio up high. It didn't feel safe to be there for sure and I wasn't the only one who left, especially with the smell of pot wafting thru the air.