Herons umbrellas and Egrets.

                             Above is a Black Heron showing its bright orange feet the picture
                             below shows it feeding amongst the pelicans under the umbrella
                             that it makes with its wings.

                                   

Cattle Egret above and Great Egrets below feeding with a Woolly-necked stork.

 

Western reef heron above.  

Black headed Heron sitting on a tree top and below the Black-crowned night Heron.

preening in the shade at Abuko nature reserve Gambia.

Lamin rice fields produced this Striated Heron also known as the Green backed Heron

 early one morning with a African Jacana.

 

As i approached this tree on the north bank road i thought it was covered in blossom

then i realised it was covered with Egrets an unbelievable sight.