Showing off those unique colors.
It’s the only Egret with any real colors.
Of course there are a few ‘white morph’ Reddish Egrets further south in Florida.
Reddish Egret
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Black-necked Stilt, Gliding By
They look almost delicate.
They can’t be given the fact of where they live.
Still, a stiff breeze might break them…
Purple Gallinule, Wow
Neon is an understatement !
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Reddish Egret Running By
Looking for small fish, a Reddish Egret running along trying scare up something.
A strange technique, but they are very good at it.
Limpkin In Flight
These turned out to be some of my few good Limpkin flight photographs.
Because they live in tall grass and thick marshes clear shots are few. Also when you do get a shot losing focus is easy with all the blades of grass.
Luck had it he flew in front of the grass.
Wood Stork Above The Fray
Just beyond this big guy is an active rookery.
Loud and chaotic.
He looked to be taking a rest from the whole thing.
Coming Through, Reddish Egret
On the hunt, and on the run.
Reddish Egrets hunt much different than the other wading birds. They run, kick their feet, and dance around. No standing around for them.
Above is part of the hunt, run after and scare up some fish.
Sandhill Cranes, First Shots Of The Day
I’m not sure we even had actually entered the marshlands be fore came up on these Cranes. A good omen on how the day would be.
An adult and juvenile ( a colt).
