Landing Great Egret
Just a few images taken 4 years ago today at Fort De Soto’s north beach. It was not a super busy day but I did get quite a few images that I like. I was in the lagoon when this Great Egret flew in, it was a slow approach to the landing and it gave me time to get quite a few images of it.
Reddish Egret with a fish in a lagoon
This Reddish Egret was very cooperative but I believe that was because it took the egret nearly 5 minutes to get the fish down its throat! Those spines looked… sharp! Kind of made my throat scratchy just watching it.
Nonbreeding Laughing Gull on exposed sea grass bed
This Laughing Gull was hanging around the Reddish Egret, maybe it was hoping to steal the fish the egret had such a hard time swallowing. It sure looked lovely in it’s nonbreeding plumage on the dark green sea grasses.
Mia
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Oh Wow….. Fantastic! Made my throat kinda scratchy too 🙂
Thank you Kerri!
Wonderful post, love the gull:)
Thanks Susan, I love gulls too.
Wonderful photos, Mia, my favorite photo is the Reddish Egret too!
Reddish Egrets are glorious birds Prairie Birder, I hope you get to see one soon.
The Reddish Egret is my favourite, but, so are the others, fantastic photos Mia.
Thank you Bob.
Looks like a beautiful day of photography. Would love to be in the grasses along the water capturing these birds on camera. Great images!
Thanks Chris, Florida is a great place to photograph birds, clean, wet or muddy!