Morning In The Marsh | Phil Lanoue Photography

Morning In The Marsh

Cold and slow start to the morning today. We awoke to an unusual frost but decided to layer up anyway and head over to the marsh to see what might be happening.

It turned out that not a lot was going on. We did see a bald eagle fishing but it was fairly far out and never cooperated by flying in close. The usual blue herons were chasing each other around but also did not give us a courtesy fly by.

I did manage to grab a few flight shots so I would at least have something to come back with.

This belted kingfisher was hovering over the marsh in search of a tasty little fish.

A young brown pelican was gliding along at tree top level.

A snowy egret took a break from chasing his friends and swooped in low over the marsh grass.

And a lesser yellowlegs took off from out of the salt marsh among some oysters.

That pretty much does it for today’s edition of the Morning Marsh News!

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meyer23 on January 5, 2013 at 3:19 pm said:

Great shots. The last ist perfectly timed.

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- Phil Lanoue on January 5, 2013 at 7:10 pm said:
  
  Thanks, I like that last one too. 🙂
  
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- Yahobahne on January 6, 2013 at 10:30 pm said:
  
  I agree. Awesome!
  
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sallywoodphotography on January 5, 2013 at 3:40 pm said:

You got some lovely morning light on these birds!!

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- Phil Lanoue on January 5, 2013 at 7:10 pm said:
  
  Thanks Sally! Yes the light was nice but it was cold. 😯
  
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  - sallywoodphotography on January 5, 2013 at 8:01 pm said:
    
    I bet!
    
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janmasyn on January 5, 2013 at 3:40 pm said:

Great shots Phil, the snowy is awesome.

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- Phil Lanoue on January 5, 2013 at 7:11 pm said:
  
  Thanks Jan, I’m glad you especially like the snowy,
  
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Molly Argo on January 5, 2013 at 3:51 pm said:

You know I love all of them but the Kingfisher is my favorite!

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- Phil Lanoue on January 5, 2013 at 7:12 pm said:
  
  Thanks Molly! I knew you would like the kingfisher. It hovered there for a bit mostly just showing me it’s tail feathers, then went down and grabbed a fish giving my only butt shots. 😦 Little rat. 😉
  
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thehappyhugger on January 5, 2013 at 4:20 pm said:

Gorgeous pictures!

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- Phil Lanoue on January 5, 2013 at 7:12 pm said:
  
  Thanks I’m glad you liked them!
  
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adinparadise on January 5, 2013 at 4:38 pm said:

Well I’m also glad you didn’t come back with an empty camera, Phil. 🙂 Fabulous shots again.

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- Phil Lanoue on January 5, 2013 at 7:14 pm said:
  
  The good news though with coming back with no pictures is no work editing later. But that’s the bad news too.
  Happy you enjoyed these Sylvia!
  
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Chillbrook on January 5, 2013 at 5:09 pm said:

Stunning Phil. For a slow day these are just amazing. That kingfisher looks quite different to the kingfishers we have in the UK.

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- Phil Lanoue on January 5, 2013 at 7:15 pm said:
  
  Thanks so much Adrian. We call these the belted kingfisher and these little guys are my nemesis.
  
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einfachtilda on January 5, 2013 at 6:12 pm said:

Dear Phil,

that it was so cold, you have again made very great photos.
Now you need to determine a sweater?

LG Mathilda 🙂

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- Phil Lanoue on January 5, 2013 at 7:17 pm said:
  
  Ich trug 4 Pullover! 😯 😀
  Danke, ich bin glücklich, Ihnen diese Fotos
  
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Patrizia M. on January 5, 2013 at 7:17 pm said:

Una più bella dell’altra, sei eccezionale !
Ciao, Pat

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- Phil Lanoue on January 5, 2013 at 7:19 pm said:
  
  Apprezzo le tue parole gentili
  Grazie Pat 🙂
  
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Garden Walk Garden Talk on January 5, 2013 at 7:59 pm said:

You get some amazingly beautiful birds where you are from. I love your photos and the egret is stunning in contrast.

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- Phil Lanoue on January 5, 2013 at 8:10 pm said:
  
  I greatly appreciate your kind comments, thanks.
  
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lylekrahn on January 5, 2013 at 8:14 pm said:

Those last two photos make pretty good news!!

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- Phil Lanoue on January 6, 2013 at 12:56 pm said:
  
  Thanks a bunch! I was happy to see the yellowlegs show up to help brighten an otherwise mostly uneventful morning.
  
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Bella Remy Photography on January 5, 2013 at 10:09 pm said:

Yellow legs is cool!

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Gunta on January 6, 2013 at 1:54 am said:

Each and every shot a great one in its own way…. even the butt shot of the kingfisher!

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- Phil Lanoue on January 6, 2013 at 12:58 pm said:
  
  Thanks much Gunta, those kingfishers are my nemesis. They do these things like flying away from me purposely just to annoy me. Little wise guys.
  
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niasunset on January 6, 2013 at 2:42 am said:

WOW! They are so beautiful, so beautiful. Thank you dear Phil, love, nia

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- Phil Lanoue on January 6, 2013 at 12:58 pm said:
  
  Thank you Nia, I’m glad you enjoyed these bird flights!
  
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Scott Marshall on January 7, 2013 at 5:00 pm said:

I would love a play around on your turf – maybe some day – crackers as always and Happy New Year if I haven’t already said it Phil

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- Phil Lanoue on January 7, 2013 at 6:34 pm said:
  
  I really appreciate you looking and commenting Scott, thanks!
  Stop by anytime!
  
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FeyGirl on January 7, 2013 at 11:59 pm said:

Really lovely shots – you’re right, a busy day at the marshes!!

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- Phil Lanoue on January 8, 2013 at 10:41 am said:
  
  Thanks very much for looking and commenting!
  
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ajithpvenugopal on January 8, 2013 at 3:14 pm said:

Awesome…!

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- Phil Lanoue on January 8, 2013 at 7:35 pm said:
  
  Thanks! I appreciate it!
  
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parth893 on January 11, 2013 at 3:24 pm said:

Great Shots , i Always Love Pelican , they’r so beautiful specially White one 🙂

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- Phil Lanoue on January 12, 2013 at 10:54 am said:
  
  Thank you I’m glad you liked these photos!
  
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Bella Remy Photography on January 13, 2013 at 8:08 pm said:

Oh My! The Yellow legs is so adorable, and a picture perfect capture Phil. And how you managed to get a Kingfisher in flight amazes me.

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- Phil Lanoue on January 13, 2013 at 8:28 pm said:
  
  The yellowlegs are kinda cool, I often tend to overlook them but I’m always happy when I do spend some time trying to get pics.
  Those kingfishers are my nemisis. 😦
  
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