Phil Lanoue Photography
I previously worked as a news and sports photographer. Recently I have been enjoying wildlife photography. My approach toward bird photos is similar to sports photography. I attempt to capture mostly action and hopefully a unique perspective.
“Get Out And Stay Out!”
Whenever there is more then one snowy egret feeding in the salt marsh, it is inevitable that a squabble will break out concerning ‘ownership’ of that particular fishing spot.
Here, one gets chased away but that won’t end up solving the problem…another snowy will soon show up and the action will be repeated over and over. But so it goes with snowys… a significant portion of their life is spent arguing with one another.
White Pelicans Stop In For A Visit
This afternoon we had a small group of white pelicans visit the marsh pond. These large birds are always fun to watch as they float back and forth across the water in search of fish. At one point some of them went to the far back corner of the pond where they joined a huge group of various ducks that were also working the pond.
Standing Tall And Alert
This great blue heron remains on alert at the edge of the marsh pond as the afternoon winds down. The late day setting sunshine highlights him rather well…
“Do You Like My Fish?!”
This egret must have been very proud of his catch! He stood up straight and tall and took a moment to show me his fish…then made sure I got a good look at it before he gulped it down.
Warm Sun
This American Mink from awhile back paused for a moment to enjoy the warm sun on it’s face and then scampered off to continue along with his day…
Nice To See You Too!
It’s always a fun time when our good pal Mr. A makes an appearance, and when he popped up in the swamp a while back, he seemed happy as always to see me. Well… at least I *think* he was happy to see me, sometimes it’s a bit difficult to tell for sure. 🙂
Putting On The Breaks
I was watching this egret fishing in the marsh pond a while back when it decided to take off but… at the exact instant before it took flight, the egret must have spotted something of interest because it stabbed at the water while forward momentum and raised wings were still driving it forward and upward! Whatever it was the egret saw managed to get away and the bird eventually did fly off, but this abrupt stop sure looks to me like it must have hurt!
What’s All The Fuss About?!?
I never was able to figure out exactly what got this snowy egret all jumpy back in salt marsh among the reeds last week. He bounced around a couple of times and I expected the whole thing was going to turn out to be an argument with another snowy but…I never did see any other birds in there.
Well, one thing I have learned is that there’s no point trying to predict what goes on in the mind of a snowy egret, those birds live in their own wacky world it seems!
Phil Lanoue Photography 