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Great Blue Heron up close and not so close

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-24T08:58:16-05:00August 26th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Great Blue Herons, Pinellas County|Tags: adult, Ardea herodias, bird photography, close up, coast, coastal, driftwood, Great Blue Heron, head shot, heron, herons, perched, portrait, sky, stick, stump|

One December morning in 2008 I was sitting in the sand at Fort De Soto County Park's north beach in Florida when a Great Blue Heron came up and perched on a driftwood stump that had washed up onto the shore.

Five years ago today at Fort De Soto

By Mia McPherson|2020-11-06T06:03:46-06:00July 6th, 2013|Categories: American Oystercatchers, Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Great Egrets, Pinellas County, Reddish Egrets|Tags: adult, American Oystercatcher, Ardea alba, beach, clouds, egret, egrets, Egretta rufescens, Great Egret, Gulf of Mexico, Haematopus palliatus, oystercatcher, oystercatchers, Reddish Egret, shore, shorebirds, shoreline, sky, stormy light, stormy sky, stump, tidal pool, wading birds, water, white morph|

Five years ago today I headed to the north beach of Fort De Soto County Park despite knowing that there were looming storms off of the coast hanging just off shore over the Gulf of Mexico and I am glad that I did because the light that day on the beach was exquisite.