{"id":5005,"date":"2012-05-17T03:55:03","date_gmt":"2012-05-17T09:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=5005"},"modified":"2024-09-29T04:39:17","modified_gmt":"2024-09-29T09:39:17","slug":"snowy-egret-show-me-those-golden-slippers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/05\/17\/snowy-egret-show-me-those-golden-slippers\/","title":{"rendered":"Snowy Egret – Show Me Those Golden Slippers!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was photographing at Fort De Soto’s north beach<\/span><\/a> on May 30th, 2008 when I had a very cooperative Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) start fishing in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico right in front of me.<\/p>\n

\"SnowySnowy Egret adult in flight – Nikon D200, handheld, f6.3, 1\/1600, ISO 200, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 185mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

People have nicknamed Snowy Egrets “Golden Slippers” because of their yellow feet, this image really shows off those yellow feet.<\/p>\n

I have a very nice series of images of this Snowy, all of them photographed with me sitting on the sand instead of laying on it like I do for smaller shorebirds. I still had sandy pants at the end of the day though.<\/p>\n

Love that beautiful snowy white plumage against the rich blues of the Gulf!<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

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

I was photographing at Fort De Soto’s north beach on May 30th, 2008 when I had a very cooperative Snowy Egret start fishing in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico right in front of me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":135149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,25,704,2000,255],"tags":[4004,5229,5132,743,351,4120,4379,4052,4122,4388,4077,4123,3988,313,3996,9720],"class_list":["post-5005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-florida","category-fort-de-soto-county-park","category-pinellas-county-florida","category-snowy-egrets","tag-adult","tag-coast","tag-coastal","tag-egret","tag-egrets","tag-egretta-thula","tag-fishing","tag-flight","tag-flying","tag-golden-slippers","tag-gulf-of-mexico","tag-landing","tag-snowy-egret","tag-wading-birds","tag-water","tag-white"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/snowy-egret-mia-mcpherson-0162.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-1iJ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":116268,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/09\/26\/snowy-egret-in-marsh-morning-light\/","url_meta":{"origin":5005,"position":0},"title":"Snowy Egret In Marsh Morning Light","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"September 26, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"One of the first birds I photographed this autumn was this fluffed-up Snowy Egret glowing in a natural spotlight in the marsh at Farmington Bay WMA.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Snowy Egret in morning light at Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/snowy-egret-marsh-morning-light-mia-mcpherson-1077-Copy.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/snowy-egret-marsh-morning-light-mia-mcpherson-1077-Copy.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/snowy-egret-marsh-morning-light-mia-mcpherson-1077-Copy.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/snowy-egret-marsh-morning-light-mia-mcpherson-1077-Copy.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4758,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/04\/11\/a-hunting-snowy-egret\/","url_meta":{"origin":5005,"position":1},"title":"Hunting Snowy Egret","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"April 11, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I love the challenge of photographing white birds and getting the exposures right, I like to nail it. 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