{"id":4861,"date":"2012-04-23T04:00:20","date_gmt":"2012-04-23T10:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=4861"},"modified":"2025-07-13T10:58:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T15:58:54","slug":"reddish-egret-being-shadowed-by-laughing-gulls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/04\/23\/reddish-egret-being-shadowed-by-laughing-gulls\/","title":{"rendered":"Reddish Egret Being Shadowed by Laughing Gulls"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ReddishReddish Egret being shadowed by Laughing Gulls – Nikon D200, f6.3, 1\/2500, ISO 320, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 135mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

This image is a favorite of mine because it brings back memories of the day I created it. Way off shore there was a hurricane that stirred up the Gulf of Mexico<\/span><\/a>\u00a0as if it were a giant bathtub with huge waves.<\/p>\n

The waves pushed on shore battering the small fish found there and the birds were having a feeding frenzy.<\/p>\n

There were two Reddish Egrets on the north beach of Fort De Soto that day and it was a blast to watch them race around catching the small fish.<\/p>\n

Shadowing the Reddish Egret were Laughing Gulls hoping to scoop up any of the fish the egret might miss.<\/p>\n

Photographing the action was exhilarating, I could barely keep up with the Reddish Egret and the gulls and it was even harder to keep them in my viewfinder.<\/p>\n

Yeah, it was a great day for bird photography!<\/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. Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Laughing Gull photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There were two Reddish Egrets (Egretta rufescens) on the north beach of Fort De Soto that day and it was a blast to watch them race around catching the small fish. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":150318,"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":[27,25,704,188,157],"tags":[4284,743,351,4185,4052,4122,4136,173,4077,3539,521,3995,4160,160,13445,2315,4119],"class_list":["post-4861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-florida","category-fort-de-soto-county-park","category-laughing-gulls-gulls","category-reddish-egret","tag-chase","tag-egret","tag-egrets","tag-egretta-rufescens","tag-flight","tag-flying","tag-foraging","tag-gulf-coast","tag-gulf-of-mexico","tag-gull","tag-gulls","tag-laughing-gull","tag-leucophaeus-atricilla","tag-reddish-egret","tag-shadowed","tag-summer-3","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