{"id":16170,"date":"2014-10-17T05:44:51","date_gmt":"2014-10-17T11:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=16170"},"modified":"2025-08-21T19:32:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T00:32:30","slug":"tricolored-heron-in-the-waves-of-the-gulf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/10\/17\/tricolored-heron-in-the-waves-of-the-gulf\/","title":{"rendered":"Tricolored Heron In The Waves Of The Gulf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-153240 size-full\" title=\"Tricolored Heron in the waves, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/tricolored-heron-adult-mia-mcpherson-8910.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/tricolored-heron-adult-mia-mcpherson-8910.jpg\" alt=\"Tricolored Heron in the waves, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida\" width=\"850\" height=\"607\" data-id=\"16168\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27607%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20850%20607%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27607%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/tricolored-heron-adult-mia-mcpherson-8910-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/tricolored-heron-adult-mia-mcpherson-8910-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/tricolored-heron-adult-mia-mcpherson-8910-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/tricolored-heron-adult-mia-mcpherson-8910-600x428.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/tricolored-heron-adult-mia-mcpherson-8910-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/tricolored-heron-adult-mia-mcpherson-8910.jpg 850w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Tricolored Heron in the waves &#8211; Nikon D200, handheld, f7.1, 1\/640, ISO 200, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 250mm, natural light<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Just a simple Tricolored Heron image this morning that I created at Fort De Soto County Park in March of 2009. It was a great day for wading birds and I went home with quite a few images of this Tricolored Heron and a Reddish Egret that I was very happy with. Both birds completely ignored me as I laid flat on my belly in the sand and water because they were more interested in foraging for prey.<\/p>\n<p>Life<em> is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n<p>Mia<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/tricolored-heron-images\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Tricolored Heron photos plus facts and information about this species<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just a simple Tricolored Heron image this morning that I created at Fort De Soto County Park in March of 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