Mixed Activity Out Today

It was still a recovery day from the heavy rains and winds for much of the wildlife over by the marsh this afternoon.

Some birds were still just sitting in trees looking confused and exhausted, while others were out in full force hunting for food.

There were a few alligators around but they were not doing much and they seemed as shocked as everyone else about the conditions of things. The water is super high everywhere and even at low tide, the water level in the salt marsh remained high. It was almost as if there wasn’t a low tide at all anymore. Impossible, but that’s how it appeared.

Most of what we saw out there today was some egrets, blue herons, ibis, and ospreys flying around and searching for a meal.

Here are a few egrets from today, doing their best I’m sure under the circumstances.

14 thoughts on “Mixed Activity Out Today”

Mickey Moten on October 6, 2015 at 10:42 pm said:

Great set, Phil. The inflight shots are outstanding as always and I love the close up of the egret munching on the little fish. My younger daughter was commenting on how white the egrets manage to stay even after playing in the mud all day. She said maybe they use magic shampoo to keep so clean and white. ;o)
Happy shooting tomorrow. Maybe you’ll finally see some sun again.
Take care,
Mick

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- Phil Lanoue on October 6, 2015 at 11:08 pm said:
  
  Well your daughter is quite correct, the egrets do indeed generally stay very clean and very white, even the snowys. The white ibis however are a different story, they are often filthy. We don’t call them ‘muddy ibis’ for nothing. 🙂
  
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foxleylady on October 7, 2015 at 7:04 am said:

Those poor creatures! How long will it take for the water to go down, any idea?

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- Phil Lanoue on October 7, 2015 at 10:55 am said:
  
  Things are still kind of crazy out there. Some area rivers have yet to crest and no one seems to know how the salt marsh can look almost the same at low tide as it does at high tide.
  
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ecoy1 on October 7, 2015 at 8:33 am said:

Beautiful egret set, Phil and hope conditions improve quickly!

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- Phil Lanoue on October 7, 2015 at 10:58 am said:
  
  Thanks much but we expect it’s going to take a while for things to look even close to normal.
  
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Edna on October 7, 2015 at 8:51 am said:

Resilience at its finest! This bird, on behalf of all of them, still looks majestic regardless. Glad to see there’s still much food/fish to be had.

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- Phil Lanoue on October 7, 2015 at 11:03 am said:
  
  The birds do mostly look to be in fairly good shape but finding food remains difficult for some.
  
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Lyle Krahn on October 7, 2015 at 9:03 am said:

Great photos. According to the last one, the egret didn’t forget how to fish.

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- Phil Lanoue on October 7, 2015 at 10:49 am said:
  
  Must be like riding a bicycle. 🙂
  
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anotherday2paradise on October 7, 2015 at 9:50 am said:

Gorgeous photos, Phil. He looks very pleased with his catch. 🙂

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- Phil Lanoue on October 7, 2015 at 10:52 am said:
  
  Thanks Sylvia. Well we saw a lot of fishing going on but not much catching, so I expect that one egret was quite pleased with his catch.
  
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Deborah Owen, Photographer on October 7, 2015 at 10:27 am said:

beautiful. I need to get outdoors more and shoot

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- Phil Lanoue on October 7, 2015 at 10:53 am said:
  
  It’s fun to be out and a real stress reliever too. 🙂
  
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