{"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_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":[27,25,704,157],"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":[],"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