I was meeting a friend and Maria Isabela’s near the pier when I sighted this egret and had to get a shot, but very quickly war ensued. These fighting egrets were moving so quickly that it was hard to get an unblurred shot. Here’s the best I could do. Click on the first photo to enlarge and see the captions.

The calm before the battle.

Equally calm.

And then, one invaded the other’s territory,

and the battle ensued.

Another egret watched, but did not engage.

Wish I’d had time to switch to the movie camera,

but in a minute or two, one flew away

And calm again prevailed.

For Granny Shot It’s Bird of the Day