Gary, Lovely shot, great water and reflection and intensity as Brian said. Background branch a bit distracting but because the rest of the photo is so pleasing the distraction is minimal.
Good comments above. In retrospect, perhaps a slightly larger f/stop to help throw the branch even further out of focus. Because the bird was parallel to you, I think you could have gotten away with a bit less DOF.
The most appealing part of the image is the silky smooth water!! Very cool. I find that branch in the BG quite distracting though. Good look of concentration on the egret. I agree with Danny about CCW rotation.