{"id":5897,"date":"2012-08-23T03:55:22","date_gmt":"2012-08-23T09:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=5897"},"modified":"2025-09-22T12:38:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T17:38:00","slug":"reddish-egret-at-low-tide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/08\/23\/reddish-egret-at-low-tide\/","title":{"rendered":"Reddish Egret At Low Tide"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ReddishReddish Egret in breeding plumage on the north beach – Nikon D200, handheld, f7.1, 1\/500, ISO 200, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 180mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Just a simple Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens<\/em>) image taken during a low tide at Fort De Soto County Park’s north beach in Florida.<\/p>\n

This adult Reddish Egret was going into breeding plumage, it has the pink and black bi-colored bill and the lores are turning bluish purple.<\/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

*I am away for a while so I have scheduled this post ahead of time, please feel free to share with your family & friends.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This adult Reddish Egret was going into breeding plumage, it has the pink and black bi-colored bill and the lores are turning bluish purple. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":157581,"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":[27,25,704,2000,157],"tags":[4021,4053,14752,4530,743,351,4185,173,4077,4930,160,4891,4188,313,3996],"class_list":["post-5897","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-reddish-egret","tag-bird-photography","tag-breeding-plumage","tag-coastal-island","tag-dark-morph","tag-egret","tag-egrets","tag-egretta-rufescens","tag-gulf-coast","tag-gulf-of-mexico","tag-low-tide","tag-reddish-egret","tag-shore","tag-shoreline","tag-wading-birds","tag-water"],"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