We had a lot of rain last week, and I thought I would take a quick trip to a nearby lake, just to see what the birds were doing. This is what I found at White Rock Lake, in Dallas, Texas:
This Great Egret (Ardea Alba) was hanging out with the local Red-Eared Sliders…
Then the egret got cranky and ran them all off! 
Not long after that, I saw this guy…
pointing the way to a new log where the red-ears could sun themselves.
When the red-ears made it to the new log, they tried to “blend in” by posing as branches. This soft-shelled turtle wasn’t fooled, though.
He went over to the other soft-shells to discuss the arrival of the red-ears.
They decided that they could all share the log. I caught the moment right after their fist-bump. Ha!
August 24th, 2008 at 9:49 pm
This is beautiful!
August 28th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
Hahahahha. too funny. love the running description!