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!
Phil Lanoue Photography 
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Great shots. The last ist perfectly timed.
Thanks, I like that last one too. 🙂
I agree. Awesome!
You got some lovely morning light on these birds!!
Thanks Sally! Yes the light was nice but it was cold. 😯
I bet!
Great shots Phil, the snowy is awesome.
Thanks Jan, I’m glad you especially like the snowy,
You know I love all of them but the Kingfisher is my favorite!
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. 😉
Gorgeous pictures!
Thanks I’m glad you liked them!
Well I’m also glad you didn’t come back with an empty camera, Phil. 🙂 Fabulous shots again.
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!
Stunning Phil. For a slow day these are just amazing. That kingfisher looks quite different to the kingfishers we have in the UK.
Thanks so much Adrian. We call these the belted kingfisher and these little guys are my nemesis.
Dear Phil,
that it was so cold, you have again made very great photos.
Now you need to determine a sweater?
LG Mathilda 🙂
Ich trug 4 Pullover! 😯 😀
Danke, ich bin glücklich, Ihnen diese Fotos
Una più bella dell’altra, sei eccezionale !
Ciao, Pat
Apprezzo le tue parole gentili
Grazie Pat 🙂
You get some amazingly beautiful birds where you are from. I love your photos and the egret is stunning in contrast.
I greatly appreciate your kind comments, thanks.
Those last two photos make pretty good news!!
Thanks a bunch! I was happy to see the yellowlegs show up to help brighten an otherwise mostly uneventful morning.
Yellow legs is cool!
Each and every shot a great one in its own way…. even the butt shot of the kingfisher!
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.
WOW! They are so beautiful, so beautiful. Thank you dear Phil, love, nia
Thank you Nia, I’m glad you enjoyed these bird flights!
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
I really appreciate you looking and commenting Scott, thanks!
Stop by anytime!
Really lovely shots – you’re right, a busy day at the marshes!!
Thanks very much for looking and commenting!
Awesome…!
Thanks! I appreciate it!
Great Shots , i Always Love Pelican , they’r so beautiful specially White one 🙂
Thank you I’m glad you liked these photos!
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.
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. 😦