Phil Lanoue Photography

Dash Through The Reeds

The sky was a mostly grey and cloudy yesterday evening at the salt marsh. But just prior to sunset, and for only a few minutes, a bit of sun peaked through clouds long enough to illuminate the reeds in a nice warm light. At that moment a great blue heron made a quick cruise through the reeds and across the marsh on the way to his evening roost.

Graceful Exit

A great egret looks elegant as it jumps off from the marsh pond on a recent afternoon.

As often as I see these birds I tend to forget how graceful those huge white wings can look.

Still Fishing

Brown Pelican backlit and silhouetted by late day sun on a recent late afternoon in the marsh. Despite the day winding down, he was still out there fishing trying to come up with a meal before heading off for the night.

“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.

Fog At Sunset

We had some unusual late afternoon fog come rolling into the marsh area today and it was still present as the sun started going down…

Great Blue Heron Jumps Off

Yesterday afternoon I was watching this GBH sunning himself along the edge of the marsh when he abruptly decided to jump off and head out across the water. I guess wanted to go join his friends that were fishing over at the far end. Or… he saw some other heron he didn’t like and felt compelled to chase it off. Either case is entirely possible. 🙂

Quick Touch Up

A snowy egret doing a little feather maintenance in the marsh pond recently. Never hurts to lift the lid, uh I mean the wing, and take a quick look around to make sure everything is in order.