“Don’t Even THINK About Landing Here!”
On a recent late evening in the salt marsh it was obvious these two egrets had some sort of issue with each other. When one came in to land the other put up his wings defiantly, and gave a seriously unwelcoming look. The arriving intruder got the message loud and clear as he never did land. In fact, I don’t know how he managed to stay airborne throughout the entire incident which went on for several intense seconds.
Phil Lanoue Photography 
Your birds there are such a HOOT! Priceless facial reactions. Forget about working, let’s just watch them the whole day. (…considering Radar isn’t even in the picture).
Those birds can be entertaining, that’s for sure and much better to let them do all the work while we sit around and watch! 🙂
Awww… poor Radar. We are beginning to become concerned. No one has seen him for at least two weeks now. Hopefully he is just off having an adventure and will show up at the marsh soon.
Oh no! Not the invincible Radar! 😦 …It’s 12/08 now. Have you guys seen him since the 4th?
The last photos I have of Radar were taken Nov. 21! He could have been around a bit later, but we are closing in on 3 three weeks now with no sightings of him. Didn’t see him yesterday so it’s been a while now.
Oh boy! Yiykes, I sincerely hope he’s ok, that he finally thought to migrate somewhere else…away from Mr. A.
Thank you for the update though. Am sure if and as soon as you see him again, you’ll let all of us know.
Here’s the latest update… as of yesterday 12/12 still no Radar sightings. We are all worried.
He’s back! Radar was spotted in his usual area along the edge of the marsh this morning. He was gone (somewhere) for a month but now he’s back! Just wanted to let you know. 🙂
This is hilarious! Love the pics and the story, Phil. 🙂
I liked how the guy in the last two photos started to fluff up his head and neck feathers more. 🙂
Thanks for checking these out Sylvia and glad you enjoyed them!
These are super action shots! You really captured some comical moves ~!
Those birds were sure in some mood! 🙂
The photos are great and it’s obvious you enjoy the action. It all makes me wonder what you would be doing out there if you were an egret.
I think I would be doing something similar, except I also might be like our good friend Radar. He doesn’t really like a crowd and prefers to fish and take care of business on his own.
It was fun action out there that night.
Lovely! These birds are endlessly entertaining, Phil, you capture them and their antics so well!
When a group like that gets started they can really carry on and make a heck of a commotion all while getting nothing to eat.
Squabble in serious style! Love these. The legs are hysterical. They must have been talking pretty loud.
At one point there had to be 20 of these guys out there. What a racket they all made!
They look so awkward, but they move with such grace…I am always amazed by these birds.
They can truly be entertaining to watch Charlie!