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Fun Photographing Reddish Egrets In Florida

By Mia McPherson|January 25th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Reddish Egrets|Tags: adult, beach, breeding plumage, calling, canopy feeding, close up, dark morph, dunes, egret, egrets, Egretta rufescens, feeding behavior, fish, flight, flying, foraging, Gulf of Mexico, lagoon, mangroves, nesting materials, nonbreeding plumage, photographing, portrait, prey, Reddish Egret, sand, sand dunes, shadow, umbrella pose, wading birds, walking, white morph, Wing-Flicking|

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.

Reddish Egrets – Wading birds that delight

By Mia McPherson|June 15th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Reddish Egrets|Tags: adult, canopy feeding, dark morph, dunes, egret, egrets, Egretta rufescens, endemic, Gulf of Mexico, hunting, lagoon, Reddish Egret, sand dunes, spartina, splashing, wading birds, water|

The Reddish Egret is one of my favorite wading birds. Standing still they are a delight to the eyes and while hunting they can perform amazing turns, twists, gallops and appear to be dancing.