{"id":3636,"date":"2011-11-10T14:21:04","date_gmt":"2011-11-10T20:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=3636"},"modified":"2025-09-22T11:25:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T16:25:15","slug":"reddish-egrets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2011\/11\/10\/reddish-egrets\/","title":{"rendered":"Reddish Egrets"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ReddishReddish Egret in the waves with prey –\u00a0 Nikon D200, handheld, f6.3, 1\/400, ISO 200, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 400mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0While I lived in Florida I took thousands (and thousands)\u00a0of images of Reddish Egrets and I am very glad that I did because they are rarities in Utah, where I now live.<\/p>\n

For the image above I laid down in the wet sand where the water lapped the shoreline to get a very low angle. The Reddish Egret wasn’t paying attention to me at all, it was completely focused on fishing for its breakfast.<\/p>\n

I love how the incoming wave broke just in front of the bird while it had the fish in its bill.<\/p>\n

\"FluffedFluffed up preening Reddish Egret –\u00a0Nikon D200, f6.3, 1\/640, ISO 160, Nikkor 70-300mm VR at 180mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

I’d had some problems with my Nikkor 80-400mm VR lens when I took the image above and had shipped it off for repair.<\/p>\n

I didn’t like to take my Nikkor 200-400mm VR f\/4 to the beach because I was in the sand and water so often so instead I opted to take my Nikkor 70-300mm VR that day.<\/p>\n

Because many birds in Florida are used to human presence they are far less skittish than the birds here in Utah and I could easily use a shorter focal length.<\/p>\n

This Reddish Egret was perched on a downed tree while preening and allowed a close approach.<\/p>\n

Though some people may think the angle is a bit steep I think the pose, the bird being in breeding plumage, ruffled “mane” and the feather stuck on the bill add interesting dynamics to the frame.<\/p>\n

Until I get back to Florida for a “photocation” I will just enjoy the images I took while living there.<\/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":"

While I lived in Florida I took thousands (and thousands) of images of Reddish Egrets and I am very glad that I did because they are rarities in Utah, where I now live.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":157552,"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":[4530,743,351,4185,4432,4077,4036,519,4104,4019,4106,160,1071,8453,4427,3996,4119],"class_list":["post-3636","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-dark-morph","tag-egret","tag-egrets","tag-egretta-rufescens","tag-fish","tag-gulf-of-mexico","tag-low-angle","tag-nature","tag-perched","tag-preening-2","tag-prey","tag-reddish-egret","tag-shot-from-below","tag-snag","tag-tree","tag-water","tag-waves"],"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