{"id":9444,"date":"2013-09-16T03:46:16","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T09:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=9444"},"modified":"2025-09-22T14:17:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T19:17:10","slug":"reddish-egret-hunting-along-the-gulf-coast-of-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/09\/16\/reddish-egret-hunting-along-the-gulf-coast-of-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Reddish Egret Hunting Along The Gulf Coast Of Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ReddishReddish Egret hunting along the Gulf Coast of Florida – Nikon D200, handheld, f7.1, 1\/640, ISO 200, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 120mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Recently\u00a0I posted images of a Tricolored Heron<\/span><\/a> and a Black-bellied Plover<\/a><\/span> where I wrote that I enjoyed images that include habitat, the same could be said about this photo of a Reddish Egret hunting on the shoreline\u00a0 of the Gulf Coast.<\/p>\n

The out of focus trees in the background give just a hint of the habitat I might find a Reddish Egret in without the trees being a distraction.<\/p>\n

The focus is entirely on the large wading bird but I like the visual interest of the trees and the distant horizon of the Gulf of Mexico.<\/p>\n

This Reddish Egret came in so close to me that I had to continually back up my zoom, I guess it had no concerns about the one-eyed crazy woman laying in the shallow waves at the shore.<\/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":"

Recently I posted images of a Tricolored Heron and a Black-bellied Plover where I wrote that I enjoyed images that include habitat, the same could be said about this photo of a Reddish Egret hunting on the shoreline of the Gulf Coast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":157635,"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":[27,25,704,157],"tags":[4004,4053,4530,743,351,4185,4136,173,4077,3970,3997,4258,160,4076,3996,4119],"class_list":["post-9444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-florida","category-fort-de-soto-county-park","category-reddish-egret","tag-adult","tag-breeding-plumage","tag-dark-morph","tag-egret","tag-egrets","tag-egretta-rufescens","tag-foraging","tag-gulf-coast","tag-gulf-of-mexico","tag-hunting","tag-lagoon","tag-mangroves","tag-reddish-egret","tag-trees","tag-water","tag-waves"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/reddish-egret-dark-on-the-hunt-mia-mcpherson-8784.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-2sk","jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41304,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2016\/08\/24\/reddish-egret-hunting-in-the-gulf-of-mexico\/","url_meta":{"origin":9444,"position":0},"title":"Reddish Egret Hunting In The Gulf Of Mexico","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"August 24, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I photographed this white morph Reddish Egret hunting in the Gulf of Mexico in June of 2008 and truly enjoyed observing its hunting behavior through my lens.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"White morph Reddish Egret after missed attempt for prey, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/reddish-egret-whhite-morph-hunting-mia-mcpherson-1253.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-whhite-morph-hunting-mia-mcpherson-1253.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/reddish-egret-whhite-morph-hunting-mia-mcpherson-1253.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/reddish-egret-whhite-morph-hunting-mia-mcpherson-1253.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4516,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/02\/22\/reddish-egret-hunting\/","url_meta":{"origin":9444,"position":1},"title":"Reddish Egret Hunting","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"February 22, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"While I lived in Florida I simply adored being able to photograph Reddish Egrets, they can be graceful or goofy looking, they twirl, dash and dance.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"White morph Reddish Egret hunting, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/reddish-egret-white-morph-hunting-mia-mcpherson-8148.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-white-morph-hunting-mia-mcpherson-8148.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/reddish-egret-white-morph-hunting-mia-mcpherson-8148.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/reddish-egret-white-morph-hunting-mia-mcpherson-8148.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6917,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/12\/27\/reddish-egret-morphs\/","url_meta":{"origin":9444,"position":2},"title":"Reddish Egret Morphs","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"December 27, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"These two Reddish Egrets; 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