Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 5 Jul 2010 at 08:53:28 (UTC)

Reason

This bird has been over-wintering fairly close to my home for the last few years. It is difficult to approach though, typically spooking within 50 meters or so. With some luck it landed on a nesting box near my position at the time.

Articles in which this image appears

Eastern Great Egret, Egret, Ardea (genus)

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds

Creator

User:Noodle snacks

• Support as nominator -- Noodle snacks ( talk) 08:53, 26 June 2010 (UTC) reply
• Support very nice. Smooth bokeh. Jujutacular  ^{T ·  C} 14:45, 26 June 2010 (UTC) reply
• Support. Nice depth of field, very clean and high quality image. XeroJavelin ( talk) 00:35, 27 June 2010 (UTC) reply
• Support the DOF really makes the bird pop. —  raeky ^{( talk |  edits)} 03:52, 28 June 2010 (UTC) reply
• Support The bird is in such great resolution and the emphasis is definitely on the bird and the thing it's standing on. I look forward to the dissenting views of someone more particular than myself. -- I′d※<3※Ɵɲɛ ( talk) 19:43, 30 June 2010 (UTC) reply
• Support. J Milburn ( talk) 11:31, 2 July 2010 (UTC) reply
• Support. What a great photo Shii (tock) 03:32, 5 July 2010 (UTC) reply

Promoted File:Ardea modesta.jpg -- Makeemlighter ( talk) 04:51, 5 July 2010 (UTC) reply