{"id":6548,"date":"2012-11-10T05:12:35","date_gmt":"2012-11-10T12:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=6548"},"modified":"2024-06-22T07:35:13","modified_gmt":"2024-06-22T12:35:13","slug":"tricolored-heron-in-breeding-plumage-with-prey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/11\/10\/tricolored-heron-in-breeding-plumage-with-prey\/","title":{"rendered":"Tricolored Heron in breeding plumage with prey"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Tricolored\u00a0Tricolored Heron in breeding plumage with prey – Nikon D200, handheld, f6.3, 1\/750, ISO 250, Nikkor 70-300mm VR at 300mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

Just a simple image of a Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor<\/em>) in breeding plumage with a small fish in its bill. The heron provided its own bait naturally by capturing it in the Gulf of Mexico.<\/p>\n

While in breeding plumage Tricolored Herons have redder legs, darker red eyes, blue lores and blue on the bill plus a longer, white occipital plume than they do during the nonbreeding season. I’ve added no saturation to this image, these are the natural colors.<\/p>\n

Image taken in 2009 at Fort De Soto’s north beach.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

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

While in breeding plumage Tricolored Herons have redder legs, darker red eyes, blue lores and blue on the bill plus a longer, white occipital plume than they do during the nonbreeding season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":129716,"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":[27,25,704,2000,254],"tags":[4004,4265,4053,5132,14752,14751,4116,4432,4077,627,626,4106,3989,313,3996,4119],"class_list":["post-6548","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-tricolored-herons","tag-adult","tag-baitfish","tag-breeding-plumage","tag-coastal","tag-coastal-island","tag-coastal-key","tag-egretta-tricolor","tag-fish","tag-gulf-of-mexico","tag-heron","tag-herons","tag-prey","tag-tricolored-heron","tag-wading-birds","tag-water","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