Snowy Fly and Fluff

This afternoon a snowy egret came flying into the salt marsh (completely ignored by the larger great egret) he touched down, then proceeded to get all fluffed up about whatever the snowy issue du jour was.

19 thoughts on “Snowy Fly and Fluff”

Raewyn's Photos on March 21, 2015 at 7:09 pm said:

That last photo is just amazing. Great captures.

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- Phil Lanoue on March 22, 2015 at 2:21 pm said:
  
  He does look funny in that last one, thanks.
  
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Amy on March 21, 2015 at 7:29 pm said:

Beautiful touch-down! Love the last shot!

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- Phil Lanoue on March 22, 2015 at 2:22 pm said:
  
  Thanks a bunch Amy glad you like the snowy!
  
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ecoy1 on March 21, 2015 at 7:50 pm said:

Beautiful captures, Phil!

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- Phil Lanoue on March 22, 2015 at 2:22 pm said:
  
  I appreciate that thank you!
  
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donna213 on March 21, 2015 at 9:38 pm said:

It looks like he is landing on ice. Lucky for him that is not so. Beautiful photos, Phil. Those snowy feathers are something special.

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- Phil Lanoue on March 22, 2015 at 2:24 pm said:
  
  He would really be surprised if he touched down on some ice! Yikes
  Some of these guys are coming into breeding plumage now.
  
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visualriver on March 21, 2015 at 9:55 pm said:

Stunning photograph. These are so hard to get these range of whites.

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- Phil Lanoue on March 22, 2015 at 2:25 pm said:
  
  Thanks and yes that’s often the tough part, keeping some details in the white.
  
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Gunta on March 22, 2015 at 1:07 am said:

Perhaps they just know how cute they look all fluffed up like that?

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- Phil Lanoue on March 22, 2015 at 2:26 pm said:
  
  They look more cute to us then some other egret that is getting picked on. 😃
  
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foxleylady on March 22, 2015 at 8:06 am said:

Such a show-off! However – when you have plumage with that beautiful tracery (which you so cleverly show against the contrasting background, I note!) who can blame him?!

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- Phil Lanoue on March 22, 2015 at 2:27 pm said:
  
  He likely does feel like throwing some of that plumage around just because he can. 😀
  
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Pat on March 22, 2015 at 5:57 pm said:

Gorgeous birds!

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- Phil Lanoue on March 25, 2015 at 4:35 pm said:
  
  They are pretty white birds!
  
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Linda on March 23, 2015 at 12:33 pm said:

Miss these beautiful birds, your pictures are giving me such thoughts of moving back down south….miss the beauty and nature of it….thank you for these beautiful pictures, they are giving me inspiration and motivation….:-)))

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- Phil Lanoue on March 25, 2015 at 4:35 pm said:
  
  Well they are all here waiting for you so come on down! 😀
  
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The Lite Rider on March 26, 2015 at 2:09 pm said:

Geez, the extreme fluff. These guys could easily be cats – they seem to display the same behavioral characteristics! Really liked that stretch out for the landing, too. 🙂

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