wading birds – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Friday Photos – White Morph Reddish Egret

By Mia McPherson|2020-01-25T05:28:08-06:00July 8th, 2011|Categories: Bird ID, Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Humor, Reddish Egrets|Tags: bird ID, dancer, dancing, egret, egrets, Egretta rufescens, Gulf of Mexico, hunting, Reddish Egret, shoreline, wading birds, waves, white morph|

Reddish Egrets seem to be natural born "Dancers" when they are hunting for prey, they twirl, spin, piroquette and dip.

1

Juvenile Yellow-crowned Night Heron

By Mia McPherson|2021-07-03T04:11:23-05:00July 2nd, 2011|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Yellow-crowned Night Herons|Tags: coast, coastal, crab, crabs, heron, herons, hunting, immature, juvenile, marsh, night heron, night herons, Nyctanassa violacea, Pinellas County, spartina, stalking, tidal lagoon, wading birds, Yellow-crowned Night Heron, young|

This young Yellow-crowned Night Heron moved very slowly and it seemed to do that deliberately.

3

Friday Photos: Great Egret

By Mia McPherson|2021-04-12T16:57:09-05:00June 10th, 2011|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Great Egrets|Tags: adult, Ardea alba, dunes, egret, egrets, Great Egret, habitat, photography, Pinellas County, shore, shoreline, tidal lagoon, wading birds|

I know this photo will always remind me of the great times I had photographing birds at Fort De Soto, one of my favorite places on earth.

3

Gray Days

By Mia McPherson|2023-03-06T07:05:46-06:00January 8th, 2011|Categories: Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Great Blue Herons, Royal Terns|Tags: Ardea herodias, bird photography, birding, birds, gray days, Great Blue Heron, heron, herons, Royal Tern, tern, terns, Thalasseus maximus, wading birds|

Gray days sometimes force me to slow down, to take a deep breath and they allow me the luxury of liesurely looking through my older image files

1

Black-crowned Night Heron portrait

By Mia McPherson|2023-01-18T14:32:13-06:00November 16th, 2010|Categories: Birds, Black-crowned Night Herons, Florida, Pinellas County|Tags: adult, bird ID, Black-crowned Night Heron, close up, heron, herons, night heron, night herons, Nycticorax nycticorax, portrait, rookery, wading bird, wading birds|

Since I moved to Utah I have never been able to get as close to Black-crowned Night Herons like I was able to approach this bird in Florida.

2

Tricolored Herons

By Mia McPherson|2016-12-07T12:15:18-06:00October 14th, 2010|Categories: Birds, Florida, Tricolored Herons|Tags: adult, bird photographer, bird photography, birding, birds, Egretta tricolor, Fort De Soto County Park, heron, herons, hunting, stalking, Tricolored Heron, wading bird, wading birds, waves|

Another one of my favorite wading birds is the Tricolored Heron, a bird that used to be called the Louisiana Heron. It can be found in estuaries along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, in inland freshwater marshes in Florida.

Comments Off

Great Blue Herons

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-14T06:40:15-05:00September 26th, 2010|Categories: Bird ID, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Great Blue Herons, Pinellas County, Roosevelt Wetlands, Utah|Tags: adult, Ardea herodias, baiting ethics, bird photography, close up, ethics, flight, flying, Great Blue Heron, heron, herons, hunting, immature, juveniles, nest, nesting, perched, portrait, prey, sand dune, snag, snow, stalking, wading birds, wetlands, winter|

Great Blue Herons are North America's largest heron and one of the three largest herons in the world.

2

Hungry Yellow-crowned Night Heron

By Mia McPherson|2021-07-03T04:16:54-05:00August 22nd, 2010|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Ghost Crabs, Pinellas County, Yellow-crowned Night Herons|Tags: adult, beach, coast, coastal, crab, eat, eating, feeding, Ghost Crab, Gulf of Mexico, herons, hunting, nature, Nyctanassa violacea, Ocypode quadrata, sand, stalking, wading bird, wading birds, water, Yellow-crowned Night Heron|

It didn't take long for the Yellow-crowned Night Heron to grab the crab and send the sand flying.

1

Some Days are Magic

By Mia McPherson|2024-04-01T03:38:28-05:00August 20th, 2010|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Little Blue Herons, Pinellas County|Tags: Egretta caerulea, feeding, herons, hunting, lagoon, Little Blue Heron, north beach, Pipefish, Skyway Bridge, tidal pool, wading birds, water|

Each time I look at one of the images of this Little Blue Heron I have to smile and relish that amazing morning. Yes... some day are magic. I treasure each one.

3