We were on our first Sunday outing of the new year at Hebbal Lake in Bangalore. Towards the end of the birding session, we stopped to click pictures of a little Egret and an Intermediate Egret.
The Intermediate Egret was busy preening for a very long time. As we enjoyed watching it, there was one another interesting behaviour that I got to record – “Canopy feeding”.
The egret spreads its wings and forms a canopy which creates a patch of shade over the water. This makes sure there is no glare on the water and helps the egret in getting a better view of the prey. The shade also helps in attracting small fishes that the egret feasts on!
Pretty cool system, no?!
Organikos 
These birds are pretty cool! I see some fishing in the river when I walk on a nearby trail, I never remember to bring a camera though.