Egretta rufescens
Reddish Egrets are medium sized wading birds with blue-gray bodies and shaggy rufous heads and necks. Bills are pink with dark tips in breeding plumage. There are also white morph Reddish Egrets.
Title: Dark morph Reddish Egret walking in front of sand dunes
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 7/5/2009
Title: Dark morph adult Reddish Egret taking a walk on the beach
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 7/5/2009
Title: White morph Reddish Egret under its own “umbrella”
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 6/28/2009
Title: Reddish Egret in flight with clouds in the background
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 6/14/2009
Title: Dark morph Reddish Egret looking for prey in a tidal lagoon
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 6/14/2009
Title: Dark morph Reddish Egret showing Wing-Flicking feeding behavior
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 5/15/2009
Title: White morph Reddish Egret in flight over the Gulf of Mexico
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 5/15/2009
Title: White morph Reddish Egret in breeding plumage hunting in the Gulf of Mexico
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 5/15/2009
Title: Reddish Egret dark morph running after its prey
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 5/15/2009
Title: Reddish Egret flying after prey
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 5/15/2009
Title: Dark morph Reddish Egret diving towards prey
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 5/15/2009
Title: Foraging dark morph Reddish Egret in a shallow lagoon
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 5/15/2009
Title: Reddish Egret white morph in breeding plumage hunting in the shallows
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 5/15/2009
Title: Hunting dark morph Reddish Egret
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 5/15/2009
Title: Hunting white morph Reddish Egret
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 5/15/2009
Title: Dancing dark morph Reddish Egret
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 5/15/2009
Title: White Morph of Reddish Egret – a Ballet Pose
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 5/15/2009
Title: The Dancer – White Morph of Reddish Egret
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 5/15/2009
Title: Dancing white morph Reddish Egret
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 5/15/2009
Title: White morph Reddish Egret in flight
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 5/15/2009
Title: White morph Reddish Egret on the hunt
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 5/15/2009
Title: Dark morph Reddish Egret catching prey
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 5/15/2009
Title: White morph Reddish Egret in breeding plumage
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 5/15/2009
Title: Dark morph Reddish Egret in breeding plumage
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 5/15/2009
Title: White morph Reddish Egret in flight of the Gulf
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 5/15/2009
Title: White morph Reddish Egret in breeding plumage hunting in the Gulf of Mexico
Location: Calling white morph Reddish Egret in breeding plumage
Date: 5/15/2009
Title: Dark morph Reddish Egret with prey in a calm lagoon
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 5/10/2009
Title: A week later… oil is still visible on the Reddish Egret
Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida
Date: 5/10/2009