King of the hill, er … dead tree. #Wordless Wednesday #Great Egret

Posted on September 23, 2026 by Linda Schaub

Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.

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About Linda Schaub

This is my first blog and I enjoy writing each post immensely. I started a walking regimen in 2011 and in 2013 I decided to create a blog as a means of memorializing the people, places and things seen on my daily walks. I have always enjoyed people watching, so my blog is peppered with folks I meet or reflections of characters I have known through the years. Often something piques my interest, or evokes a pleasant memory from my memory bank, so this becomes a “slice o’ life” blog post. I respect and appreciate nature and my interactions with Mother Nature’s gifts is also a common theme. Sometimes the most-ordinary items become fodder for points to ponder over and touch upon. I retired in March 2024 after a career in the legal field. I was a legal secretary for almost 45 years, primarily working in downtown Detroit, then working from my home. I graduated from Wayne State University with a degree in Mass Communications (print journalism) in 1978, though I’ve never worked in that field. I would like to think this blog is the writer in me finally emerging!! Walking and writing have met, shaken hands and the creative juices are flowing in Walkin’, Writin’, Wit & Whimsy. I hope you think so too. - Linda Schaub
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42 Responses to King of the hill, er … dead tree. #Wordless Wednesday #Great Egret

  2. Pepper's avatar Pepper says:
    September 23, 2026 at 7:05 am

    Quite the view from way up there. 😊

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  3. Vero's avatar Vero says:
    September 23, 2026 at 8:12 am

    What a cool shot!!

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  4. Kate Crimmins's avatar Kate Crimmins says:
    September 23, 2026 at 8:13 am

    Checking his kingdom!

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  5. J P's avatar J P says:
    September 23, 2026 at 8:27 am

    And I thought only elephants had trunks!

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  6. Dan Antion's avatar Dan Antion says:
    September 23, 2026 at 8:42 am

    Still serves a purpose. Great photo.

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  7. Dave's avatar Dave says:
    September 23, 2026 at 9:24 am

    He seems to be thinking, “That next step is a long way down”!

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  8. dawnkinster's avatar dawnkinster says:
    September 23, 2026 at 11:32 am

    perfect landing spot.

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  9. Debbie D.'s avatar Debbie D. says:
    September 23, 2026 at 1:29 pm

    Perfect perch to view his kingdom! 👑

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  10. AnnMarie Stevens's avatar AnnMarie Stevens says:
    September 23, 2026 at 2:54 pm

    Miss Linda……………………………………………..I always see the beautiful White Egret in the pond on the edge trying to catch breakfast or lunch or dinner……………………………….I’ve never seen it up so high but they do land in the tall trees………………………………

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      September 23, 2026 at 4:17 pm

      Ann Marie, I’m glad you are still able to view a little “wildlife” at your new place since you got to see so many waterfowl at the pond at the apartment. I’ve seen Egrets in the trees at Trapper’s Run at Lake Erie Metropark – that was a first for me because before, I’d only seen them hanging out at the shoreline. I was lucky to see this Egret land and stay in place. What a view from the top!

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  11. Terri Webster Schrandt's avatar Terri Webster Schrandt says:
    September 23, 2026 at 5:35 pm

    A beautiful egret and quite smart to roost way up high! Fun capture, Linda!

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  12. Prior...'s avatar Prior... says:
    September 24, 2026 at 11:23 pm

    Hi Linda, great title for this fantastic photo
    one of my favorite things is the leg and just the positioning

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      September 25, 2026 at 6:48 pm

      Thank you Yvette! I was thinking the legs positioning makes it look like the egret is considering lifting off or not. I have seen egrets fly into the trees but never standing like a statue on the top of a tall dead tree.

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      • Prior...'s avatar Prior... says:
        September 27, 2026 at 1:15 am

        I know exactly what you mean and that’s what it had me looking and looking at the photo. Or it is just posing with some type of fancy little knee bend.
        But it is really tough to get a photo like this that’s not made with AI.
        And it might be one of my favorite photos of yours of the summer

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      • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
        September 27, 2026 at 7:54 pm

        Thank you Yvette! I saw this and knew it would add a little bit of whimsy to this Wordless Wednesday post. I have been using my digital compact camera with 12X zoom all year and have not even taken out my DSLR this year … that’s a first for me. I hope to take it out this Fall. I am not keen on all the AI stuff. I asked WordPress AI to create a featured image for “memory lane for the year 1976 on a rural road” and it went through a litany of British-looking street, in what appeared to be London, England with the big red mailboxes, steering wheels wrong side). It took a while to get it the way I wanted and I almost just did a Word document with my own lettering and a colored background.

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      • Prior...'s avatar Prior... says:
        September 27, 2026 at 9:09 pm

        Hi Linda, it sure did add some whimsy
        And that’s interesting to hear about how AI started with London and the Red mailboxes and things like that. I used AI to create some images and it seemed to get confused the longer I worked with it. Like I would ask for one change and then it would change five other things and give me the one change as well, but why would it change five other things?
        Anyhow, sometimes it helps me if I just start over fresh rather than keeping too long of a working session going if that makes any sense

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      • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
        September 28, 2026 at 6:11 pm

        I’ll have to remember that Yvette. I was getting frustrated as I could picture what I wanted and it was fairly simple (in my mind anyway). I had so many variations in my media file, it was a bit unreal.

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  13. Joni's avatar Joni says:
    September 25, 2026 at 9:24 pm

    He must like his perch!

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  14. Rebecca's avatar Rebecca says:
    September 25, 2026 at 11:30 pm

    Great photo, Linda. Nothings going to sneak by him. 🙂

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  15. Kirstin Troyer's avatar Kirstin Troyer says:
    September 26, 2026 at 3:05 pm

    Great choice! I’m a bit behind in commenting, but better late than never

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  16. trumstravels's avatar trumstravels says:
    September 26, 2026 at 3:27 pm

    Cool photo Linda!

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  17. Amorina Rose's avatar Amorina Rose says:
    October 4, 2026 at 12:04 am

    Great photo. At the end of the day he is higher than all of us and can actually get down on its own. That’s pretty good.

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    • Linda Schaub's avatar Linda Schaub says:
      October 4, 2026 at 8:56 pm

      Thank you Barbara! I’ve seen Egrets roosting in trees, especially old dead trees, but that is first seeing it standing on a tree that tall. You’re right – it has a good view, no one can bother it up there and it can get down on its own accord. Birds should NOT ever be called bird brains!

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