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Reddish Egret Silhouette

Reddish egret from yesterday about 10 minutes before sunrise.  The pre-dawn colors are gorgeous, which helps to justify getting up at 3:30 a.m. Not much light so had to crank up the ISO to 12,800.  He...

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Reddish Egret + Sunrise + Mud

Made another trip to the local mudflats yesterday and the third time was the charm for last week.  On my last trip, missed a spectacular sunrise that was already up by the time that I drove onto the...

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Water Explosion Frozen in Time

Reddish egret diving for fish in a tidal pond at Bolivar Flats Audubon Shorebird Sanctuary.  While heading back to my car after a successful early morning taking shorebird photos, found this reddish...

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Reddish Egret in Flight

Hope that everyone out there is well and staying safe. It’s a very strange/surreal world that we are currently living in. I have been working from home for awhile now so nothing new there, just less...

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My Favorites from 2019

As the year comes to a close, it’s time to reflect on 2019 and what’s to come in 2020. My photography goals for 2019 were to get out and shoot more than in 2018 and try to improve the quality of my...

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Reddish Egret Scores!

This reddish egret scored after going after this fish.  This is why I’m always telling my classes at FeatherFest to start shooting when their head starts to go down towards the water as you never know...

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White Morph with Wings Up

The reddish egrets have been out in full force lately at Bolivar Flats on the Texas Gulf Coast.  This beauty was chasing fish around with his wings extended, as reddish egrets are known for.  Always a...

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Reddish Egret – Wings Up

Reddish Egret raising his wings while fishing. They are the best egret at catching fish in my opinion. Always fun to watch them dance around. Taken with Canon 1DX and Canon 500mm F4 IS II with 1.4X III...

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Back to Bolivar Flats

Made my first trip to Bolivar Flats along the Gulf Coast since April and it was epic.  Saw on Jim Strough’s post that there were lots of reddish egrets in the area and that was enough to convince me to...

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Reddish Egret Pose

Finally made it back to Bolivar Flats yesterday after a long hiatus (since April).  Got invited to head to the flats by Lea, who contacted me back in May for some advice.  It was a good time and I...

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Reddish Egret Dancing

While getting prepared for leading workshops at Galveston’s FeatherFest again this year, went back over some photos from last years event and found this one taken at Bolivar Flats.  This reddish egret...

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Reddish Egret Portrait in Golden Light

Golden light at sunrise rocks.  Got this Reddish Egret portrait shot from Bolivar Flats along the Gulf Coast on Friday.  As usual, was using my ground pod to get the low-level look. I try to get into...

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Reddish Egret Fight

These two reddish egrets went toe to toe yesterday at Bolivar Flats along the gulf coast of Texas.  Had my ISO cranked up to 3200 while taking static shots of a couple of white morph reddish egrets...

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Reddish Egret Stalking

This reddish egret was stalking its prey just after sunrise.  He had his head on the down low while running towards the fish.  His legs lined up perfectly that it looks like he only has one leg with...

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Flying Fish – White Morph Style

As a continuation from my last post, both white morph reddish egrets that we saw caught some very large fish.  A lazy or very smart brown pelican then started to chase the white morphs to scare them...

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White Morph Reddish Egret

On this recent trip to Bolivar Flats in Texas, the reddish egrets were out in force, including two white morph’s.  I was guiding Bruno from San Diego, who hadn’t seen a white morph before so it was...

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My Favorite Photos from 2016

As 2016 comes to an end, it’s time to reflect on this year.  From a work/personal perspective, it was a very busy year with less time for photography than normal for me.  From a photography...

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Reddish Egret vs. Great White Egret

While taking photos of a Reddish Egret fishing, a Great Egret flew in to challenge the Reddish for the best fishing spot.  The Great Egret won this confrontation. Although the sun was reflecting off of...

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Dance of the Reddish Egret in B&W

Partial sun turned into a cloudy morning at Bolivar Flats along the Gulf of Mexico.  The colors were somewhat muted so I converted these into B&W to bring out the feather detail. Watching Reddish...

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Reddish Egret Attacking Snowy Egret

Reddish Egrets are very territorial and will usually chase off other birds that invade their feeding area.  This Snowy egret got more than he bargained for when the Reddish Egret attacked.  He quickly...

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