{"id":1469,"date":"2010-11-25T18:22:17","date_gmt":"2010-11-26T00:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=1469"},"modified":"2025-09-22T10:26:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T15:26:05","slug":"reddish-egret-white-morph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2010\/11\/25\/reddish-egret-white-morph\/","title":{"rendered":"Reddish Egret – White Morph"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"WhiteWhite morph Reddish Egret in flight –\u00a0 <\/strong>Nikon D200, handheld, f6.3, 1\/1000, ISO 250, 70-300mm VR at 125mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I had been taking images of this breeding plumage white morph Reddish Egret while it hunted and danced in the waves\u00a0on the Gulf coast of Florida.<\/p>\n

It must have decided to look for better hunting grounds and lifted off almost right in front of me. I zoomed back because I didn’t want to clip the wings and at first it looked like the white morph was going to head towards me.<\/p>\n

I\u00a0love the clouds in the background of this shot.<\/p>\n

The white morph of the Reddish Egret isn’t all that common so I was always thrilled to see them on the sugar sand beaches at Fort De Soto. The deep purple blue of the lores along with the pink and black bi-colored bill can be stunning against the creamy white feathers of the White Morph.<\/p>\n

I took many images of this egret that day as it delighted me with its dancing.<\/p>\n

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

Breeding plumage white morph Reddish Egret while it hunted and danced in the waves on the Gulf coast of Florida.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":157540,"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":[27,25,704,157],"tags":[4021,4053,4101,743,351,4185,4052,4122,840,160,165,313,4186],"class_list":["post-1469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-florida","category-fort-de-soto-county-park","category-reddish-egret","tag-bird-photography","tag-breeding-plumage","tag-clouds","tag-egret","tag-egrets","tag-egretta-rufescens","tag-flight","tag-flying","tag-morning-sky","tag-reddish-egret","tag-spring","tag-wading-birds","tag-white-morph"],"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