{"id":39622,"date":"2016-05-21T05:30:51","date_gmt":"2016-05-21T11:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=39622"},"modified":"2025-06-27T09:27:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T14:27:47","slug":"two-snowy-egrets-at-bear-river-mbr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2016\/05\/21\/two-snowy-egrets-at-bear-river-mbr\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Snowy Egrets at Bear River MBR"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PairA pair of Snowy Egrets at Bear River MBR – Nikon D810, f6.3, 1\/5000, ISO 400, -0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I’ve seen more and more Snowy Egrets the past few weeks but haven’t had any great opportunities to photograph them yet this year. When I lived in Florida I saw these wading birds all year long but here in Utah they are migratory and are only here for a few months like the Cattle Egrets that are also migratory here.<\/p>\n

In Florida these birds nested in trees as a colony and here in Utah, at least at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge<\/span><\/a>, they most likely nest in the marsh grasses because there are very few trees on the refuge. They might have a rookery at nearby farms where cottonwood, poplar and other tree species have been planted. I am just not sure.<\/p>\n

But they are very attracted to the marshes at the refuge and at times they congregate in groups of 20 or more to forage in the shallow waters. I saw one at a stinky, spring fed pond in northern Utah last week and it reminded me that I hadn’t posted this image yet. When I photographed these two Snowy Egrets at Bear River MBR last August they were already through raising their young for the season. There were also immature egrets nearby when I photographed this pair.<\/p>\n

Admittedly I took seeing Snowy Egrets for granted while I lived in Florida but since I moved here I find myself being more appreciative of their presence at the local areas where I photograph birds most often.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

When I photographed these two Snowy Egrets at Bear River MBR last August they were already through raising their young for the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":149509,"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":[124,27,1148,255,26],"tags":[4004,743,351,4120,4136,5155,4094,2139,4156,5558,3988,3964,313,3996,4095],"class_list":["post-39622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bear-river-migratory-bird-refuge","category-avian","category-box-elder-county-utah","category-snowy-egrets","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-egret","tag-egrets","tag-egretta-thula","tag-foraging","tag-late-summer","tag-marsh","tag-pair","tag-resting","tag-river","tag-snowy-egret","tag-stretching","tag-wading-birds","tag-water","tag-wetlands"],"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