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.
One Happy…The Other Not So Much
This afternoon a snowy egret was having considerable success fishing in the salt marsh during low tide.
I could tell that our pal Snowball was thrilled with his part of the activity, but the fish, um, not so much.
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas from the marsh and best wishes for a healthy and happy new year!
Christmas Hoodies!
Every year we get a visit from some hooded merganser ducks at a local pond who generally show up a week or two before Christmas. We didn’t have a chance to look for them until this afternoon and sure enough, there they were, Mr. and Mrs. Hoodie!
It was nice to see this cute couple still keeping the Christmas tradition alive. 🙂
Woody Drops In
A young wood stork dropped in on some of his friends in the salt marsh on a recent afternoon.
Some friends; they didn’t seem to be at all impressed with Woody’s arrival. In fact they actually appeared more bored than usual…(if that’s possible)
Grey Day, But Not For Everyone
Looking up all I could see was a dull grey sky and assumed that was how it would be for everyone.
But when I saw this osprey gliding above me, I realized that from his view, the world must be full of all sorts of colorful and interesting sights.
Shake It Off
On a recent afternoon I was interested in watching this egret’s drying off technique. He seemed compelled to get himself all in a twist to make sure every last drop of water went flying off.
Looked to me like it worked fine but what do I know? 🙂
Practicing…
Earlier this week, trying out your best standing on one leg routine seemed to be all the rage over at the salt marsh.
I’m giving the win on this one to the egret.
The ibis gets points for effort, but didn’t have the technique down perfectly.
The great blue heron looks like he ‘thinks’ he should win, if only factoring in his coolness factor.
But the egret had the most style I thought and deserves the first place prize.
Just Cruisin’ The Salt Marsh
This afternoon we were watching a brown pelican as it took a leisurely glide back and forth across the salt marsh.
The pelican would occasionally hop up and jump at a fish but mostly he was just taking it slow.
A great blue heron paid no attention to the pelican as it cruised on by, which surprised me a bit because I doubt that heron has seen a lot of pelicans lately.
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