{"id":6926,"date":"2012-12-28T05:18:45","date_gmt":"2012-12-28T12:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=6926"},"modified":"2025-08-21T15:53:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T20:53:25","slug":"tricolored-heron-shaking-it-up-on-tip-toes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/12\/28\/tricolored-heron-shaking-it-up-on-tip-toes\/","title":{"rendered":"Tricolored Heron Shaking It Up On Tip Toes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TricoloredTricolored Heron shaking it up on tippy toes – Nikon D200, handheld, f6.3, 1\/800, ISO 200, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

The Great Blue Heron I photographed on Christmas Day<\/a> seems to have focused my attention on wading birds. Yesterday it was Reddish Egrets<\/a> and this morning I present a Tricolored Heron shaking its feather while on tip toes.<\/p>\n

I remember photographing this Tricolored Heron with my friends and fellow photographers; \u00a0Adrian, Mac and Rachel at Fort De Soto’s north beach at the lagoon near the concession stand.<\/p>\n

I was laying down on the hard packed sand when I created this image which gave me a great low angle.<\/p>\n

Another title for this image might be “Tricolored Heron having a bad hair day”.<\/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":"

The Great Blue Heron I photographed on Christmas Day seems to have focused my attention on wading birds, yesterday it was Reddish Egrets and this morning I present a Tricolored Heron shaking its feather while on tip toes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":153174,"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_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,25,704,254],"tags":[4004,4021,4116,4309,3997,3980,4017,4502,4140,4531,3989,3996,373],"class_list":["post-6926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-florida","category-fort-de-soto-county-park","category-tricolored-herons","tag-adult","tag-bird-photography","tag-egretta-tricolor","tag-fluffed-up","tag-lagoon","tag-pinellas-county","tag-sand","tag-shaking","tag-tidal-lagoon","tag-tip-toes","tag-tricolored-heron","tag-water","tag-winter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/tricolored-heron-fluffing-mia-mcpherson-5891.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-1NI","jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16024,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/10\/02\/tricolored-heron-hunting-the-gulf-of-mexicos-shoreline\/","url_meta":{"origin":6926,"position":0},"title":"Tricolored Heron Hunting The Gulf Of Mexico’s Shoreline","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"October 2, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Tricolored Herons are smaller than Great Blue Herons and larger than Snowy Egrets and all three of these wading birds hunt in many of the same locations along the Gulf Coast.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Tricolored Heron hunting the Gulf of Mexico\u2019s shoreline, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/tricolored-heron-foraging-mia-mcpherson-2893.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/tricolored-heron-foraging-mia-mcpherson-2893.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/tricolored-heron-foraging-mia-mcpherson-2893.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/tricolored-heron-foraging-mia-mcpherson-2893.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6462,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/10\/29\/tricolored-heron-twist\/","url_meta":{"origin":6926,"position":1},"title":"Tricolored Heron Twist","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"October 29, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Maybe the Tricolored Heron thought Monday might look better upside down? 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