Eastern Cottonwood

What The Fluff? Great Egret Photos

By Mia McPherson|2024-04-23T05:13:56-05:00April 23rd, 2024|Categories: Birds, Eastern Cottonwood, Great Egrets, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, Ardea alba, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, breeding plumes, Cottonwood, cottonwood fluff, Eastern Cottonwood, egret, egrets, fallen log, fluff, fog, foggy, Great Egret, Horton Slough, leaves, log, misty, morning mist, plumes, Populus deltoides, preening, slough, spring, stump, tree, trees, wading birds, water|

I took this Great Egret photo yesterday at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge. Even with the morning mist, I could tell something fluffy was stuck on its bill.

Golden Cottonwood Leaf On Fresh Snow

By Mia McPherson|2022-11-11T03:46:49-06:00November 11th, 2022|Categories: Eastern Cottonwood, Salt Lake County, Trees, Utah|Tags: autumn, Cottonwood, cottonwoods, Eastern Cottonwood, fall, fresh, golden, ground, Jordan River, Jordan River Parkway Trail, Jordan River Trail, leaf, leaves, native, Populus deltoides, skiff, snow, tree, tress, urban|

Yesterday morning I had planned on walking along the Jordan River after the sun came up and when I saw that there was fresh snow on the ground I was even more excited.