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.
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.
Weekend Flights
Just a few flight shots from this weekend…
A great egret on Friday, a brown pelican on Saturday, and a great blue heron today. 🙂
Vertical Leap
As you can see from this recent photo, bald eagles are not only good flyers, they are also excellent jumpers.
Here the eagle wants to go up a few branches in the pine tree and takes advantage of not just those big wings, but it’s powerful legs as well.
Must be nice to be king of the skies!
Two Pelicans
We had quite a few brown pelicans fishing in the marsh this afternoon.
Here is an adult doing a hopping lift off, then about five minutes later this juvenile came flying in. Although they are called ‘brown pelicans’ only the young ones are truly brown. As adults they get a white and yellow head and brighter colored wing feathers.
They are a lot of fun to watch as they splash and dive their way back and forth along the water’s edge.
Quick Sidestep
Last night we had a good size crowd of egrets all fishing together in the salt marsh at the same time.
Except… not very much actual fishing was taking place. Mostly what they were doing was squawking and fussing at each other.
At one point an egret got jumped by another and it looks like the bird on the right had his wings going in one direction, while his head and feet were simultaneously going in a different direction.
It was entertaining out there but quite loud as well with all the noise this group was making!
Reflective Snowys
This past week we had some snowy egrets relaxing and preening in the marsh just prior to sunset.
The air was calm with no breeze making the water still with a reflecting mirror effect.
All photos were taken within about 20 minutes of each other.
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