{"id":6310,"date":"2012-10-09T03:55:27","date_gmt":"2012-10-09T09:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=6310"},"modified":"2025-09-22T13:00:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T18:00:51","slug":"reddish-egret-flying-over-the-dunes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/10\/09\/reddish-egret-flying-over-the-dunes\/","title":{"rendered":"Reddish Egret Flying Over The Dunes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ReddishReddish Egret in flight with clouds in the background – Nikon d200, handheld, f6.3, 1\/400, ISO 250, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 160mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Just a very simple image today of a Reddish Egret\u00a0flying over some sand dunes. I noticed the egret flying in my direction and quickly backed up my zoom so that I knew I’d fit the whole bird in the frame.<\/p>\n

It was nice and sunny to the east but a storm was coming in from the west over the Gulf of Mexico, I like the stormy sky in the background and how the vegetation on the dune grounds the frame.<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just a very simple image today of a Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) flying over some sand dunes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":157596,"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":[27,25,157],"tags":[4004,4101,5229,5132,4530,6214,743,351,4185,4052,4122,4246,3980,160,4235,4018,165,4197,4001],"class_list":["post-6310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-florida","category-reddish-egret","tag-adult","tag-clouds","tag-coast","tag-coastal","tag-dark-morph","tag-dunes","tag-egret","tag-egrets","tag-egretta-rufescens","tag-flight","tag-flying","tag-nonbreeding-plumage","tag-pinellas-county","tag-reddish-egret","tag-sand-dunes","tag-sky","tag-spring","tag-stormy-sky","tag-wading-bird"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/reddish-egret-flight-mia-mcpherson-5201.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-1DM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":63221,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2020\/01\/25\/fun-photographing-reddish-egrets-in-florida\/","url_meta":{"origin":6310,"position":0},"title":"Fun Photographing Reddish Egrets In Florida","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"January 25, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"I had so much fun photographing Reddish Egrets when I lived in Florida and could see them nearly every time I went to Fort De Soto County Park's north beach.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Reddish Egret foraging near mangroves, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/reddish-egret-dark-mangroves-mia-mcpherson-8790.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/reddish-egret-dark-mangroves-mia-mcpherson-8790.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/reddish-egret-dark-mangroves-mia-mcpherson-8790.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/reddish-egret-dark-mangroves-mia-mcpherson-8790.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":15214,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/06\/15\/reddish-egrets-wading-birds-that-delight\/","url_meta":{"origin":6310,"position":1},"title":"Reddish Egrets – Wading Birds That Delight","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"June 15, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The Reddish Egret is one of my favorite wading birds. 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