{"id":10927,"date":"2013-11-21T05:23:48","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T12:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=10927"},"modified":"2025-06-26T09:44:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T14:44:31","slug":"a-snowy-egret-in-the-mangroves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/11\/21\/a-snowy-egret-in-the-mangroves\/","title":{"rendered":"Snowy Egret In The Mangroves"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SnowySnowy Egret under a mangrove canopy – Nikon D200, handheld, f6.3, 1\/125, ISO 500, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 240mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

There is a short footbridge at Fort De Soto’s north beach that crosses over small tidal stream that is accessed from the northern most parking area.<\/p>\n

Walking over the footbridge some mornings I could see Wood Storks, White Ibis, Roseate Spoonbills and Snowy Egrets feeding in the warm, shallow waters.<\/p>\n

One morning as I was leaving the beach to head home I spotted a solitary Snowy Egret in the mangroves below the footbridge so I ducked down and hid behind the mangroves at the base of the bridge to photograph the egret.<\/p>\n

The water reflected the green leaves of the mangrove and the aerial roots that hung down added a mood to the setting I sometimes find hard to describe but I can say I always feel a sense of peace every time I open this image.<\/p>\n

I took just a few frames and left the Snowy Egret to rest.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Snowy Egret photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Snowy Egret in the mangroves below the footbridge so I ducked down and hid behind the mangroves at the base of the bridge to photograph the egret<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":149421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,25,704,2000,255],"tags":[4004,5229,5132,743,351,4120,4258,958,4156,3988,313,3996],"class_list":["post-10927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-florida","category-fort-de-soto-county-park","category-pinellas-county-florida","category-snowy-egrets","tag-adult","tag-coast","tag-coastal","tag-egret","tag-egrets","tag-egretta-thula","tag-mangroves","tag-reflections","tag-resting","tag-snowy-egret","tag-wading-birds","tag-water"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t