plumes – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

What The Fluff? Great Egret Photos

By Mia McPherson|April 23rd, 2024|Categories: Birds, Eastern Cottonwood, Great Egrets, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, Ardea alba, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, breeding plumes, Cottonwood, cottonwood fluff, Eastern Cottonwood, egret, egrets, fallen log, fluff, fog, foggy, Great Egret, Horton Slough, leaves, log, misty, morning mist, plumes, Populus deltoides, preening, slough, spring, stump, tree, trees, wading birds, water|

I took this Great Egret photo yesterday at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge. Even with the morning mist, I could tell something fluffy was stuck on its bill.

Snowy Egret In Marsh Morning Light

By Mia McPherson|September 26th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Snowy Egrets, Utah|Tags: adult, autumn, egret, egrets, Egretta thula, fall, fluffed, legs, marhsy, marsh, morning light, plumes, resting, shadowed, shadows, shore, Snowy Egret, spotlight, wading birds, water, wetlands|

One of the first birds I photographed this autumn was this fluffed-up Snowy Egret glowing in a natural spotlight in the marsh at Farmington Bay WMA.

Snowy Egrets of Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

By Mia McPherson|February 12th, 2016|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Davis County, Snowy Egrets, Utah|Tags: adult, crest, egret, egrets, Egretta thula, marsh, plumes, river, rock, scratching, Snowy Egret, summer, wading birds, water, wetlands|

The Snowy Egrets of Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge never fail to delight me with their bright white plumage, golden feet, bright yellow lores and feathery plumes.