{"id":5017,"date":"2012-05-18T03:55:55","date_gmt":"2012-05-18T09:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=5017"},"modified":"2025-06-26T04:25:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T09:25:43","slug":"snowy-egret-moody-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/05\/18\/snowy-egret-moody-blues\/","title":{"rendered":"Snowy Egret &#8211; Moody Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-149375 size-full\" title=\"Snowy Egret \u2013 Moody Blues, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/snowy-egret-florida-mia-mcpherson-2292.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/snowy-egret-florida-mia-mcpherson-2292.jpg\" alt=\"Snowy Egret \u2013 Moody Blues, Fort De Soto County Park, 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yesterday but at a completely different time of the year, September of 2008.<\/p>\n<p>This image conveys a very different mood but both Snowy Egret images have wonderful appeal for me.<\/p>\n<p>Life<em> is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n<p>Mia<\/p>\n<p>Click <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/snowy-egret-images\/\">here<\/a><\/span> to see more of my Snowy Egret photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Snowy Egret image was taken just after the sun had risen above the horizon in about the same location as the egret image I posted yesterday but at a completely different time of the 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