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.
Rapid Departure
A cormorant hops, skips, and takes off from the marsh on it’s way to hopefully better fishing on the far side.
Cormorants are skilled at fishing and even a small group of them can quickly put a real dent in the fish population.
Leaving The Scene…
An egret was fishing in the salt marsh when a brown pelican showed up. The pelican left as soon as he arrived which I’m sure was fine with the egret because pelicans tend to get the water all stirred up and make a huge mess out of the whole situation.
The pelican also correctly concluded that the water at low tide was too shallow for his style of fishing anyway, so everybody got what they wanted in the end. Well… except for getting a fish, that was yet to be determined!
More Mink Fun
Here are a few never before seen photos of our cute fuzzy little mink buddy from a while back.
Here he is popping in and out of the rocks, and scampering around along the edge of the salt marsh.
Never get tired of seeing these amazing and active guys!
Dropping In On A Friend
A juvenile white ibis decides to do an unannounced drop in on his friend in the salt marsh. I’m not sure the company was completely appreciated however, as the first ibis did not seem too thrilled about having to move over to make room.
But they ended up getting along just fine as feeding issues quickly took precedence over any potential personal concerns.
Quiet Weekend
Pouring rain today so I had to leave the birds on their own for the day.
It was also a slow weekend, not a lot going on over at the marsh so I just have a couple of shots from then.
We had an egret dancing around in the pond while a group of coots huddled in the background.
A great blue heron swooped down into the reeds in the salt marsh at late afternoon.
And of course I had to post a portrait of our pal “Radar” who, as usual, was on duty maintaining his position as head egret in charge!
“See Ya Later Gang!”
Yesterday afternoon, an egret takes off in flight leaving his ibis, pelican, and other egret friends behind.
He also had a passing comment as he left the scene which I’m sure was a pleasant goodbye. 🙂
As The Sun Sets…
As both the day and the sun begin to wind down, a brown pelican is silhouetted by late afternoon light as it fishes in the marsh pond.
Late Flight
Yesterday, just prior to sunset, this great blue heron made an early evening flight across the salt marsh.
We have some cold weather coming in, so these birds better get themselves fed and into some shelter from the wind until temps get back to normal.
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