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March 20, 2009

Picture of the Week — Great Egret

A Great Egret fishing in shallow waters

A Great Egret fishing in shallow waters

Voting continues for the Reader’s Choice in Smithsonian magazine’s 6th Annual Photo Contest. This photo, A Great Egret fishing in shallow waters, a finalist in the Natural World category, was taken by Dan Holland in Reelfoot Lake State Park in Tennessee back in July 2007. You can almost hear the splashing water in this scene.

If you have a photograph you’d like to share with the world, enter our 7th Annual Photo Contest.



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