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.
More Pelican Fun!
Those pelicans always seem to be up to something, and it’s often quite comical. This juvenile brown pelican dropped into the marsh right at the same time as a cormorant surfaced. The youngster seemed quite surprised and possibly even happy to see the cormorant and may have just found his new best friend!
I Don’t Think Mom Was In A Good Mood This Morning…
It was a beautiful, warm sunny morning today and I went over to the swamp to see if any alligators might be out enjoying the Spring weather. Upon initial arrival I didn’t see any gators at all, but when I went over to the area where mom had been keeping watch over her little ones this past fall, I found her tucked back in among the reeds.
At first she was just napping but after a short time she woke up and kind of glared at me. Perhaps she remembered me from a previous encounter where she was not extremely thrilled with me hanging around and pointing a camera at her babies.
But in any case I did not get the impression she was in a particularly happy mood despite the gorgeous weather. It could be that she is just hungry after not eating all winter, I know that would ruin my mood for sure!
Having A Good Time
It was a beautiful afternoon today and there was some bird activity over at the salt marsh. We saw several egrets, great blue herons, white ibis, terns, and two bald eagles soaring high overhead. But this brown pelican in particular seemed to be really having a good time enjoying the warm sunshine and getting in a little fishing!
Breakfast To Go
A great egret flies across the marsh pond during the early morning hours with a fresh caught fish. Normally birds like egrets will gulp down a fish right at the spot where they caught it, but sometimes, when so many are after the same thing, it’s wiser to go with take away!
First Light
A young brown pelican takes off from out of the salt marsh lit by the warm early morning light.
“This Should Be Easy!”
Or… maybe not.
A tricolored heron plucked a small eel out of the muck in the marsh pond and thought he had himself a nice tidy little snack. The eel however had other ideas and wrapped itself around the heron’s bill turning what initially looked like a quick easy meal into a big problem…
From Dark Water…
On a dark grey and gloomy morning, this great egret emerges out of the dark choppy water of the marsh pond on an unknown flight mission…
The “Tweener”
The little blue heron is one of my favorite birds, and this immature heron is in the most appealing phase of it’s development. Little blue herons start out as all white juveniles. But by the time they’re a year old, they slowly begin to change into the all blue adult they will eventually become. This in between, or “tweener” phase, when they are a patchwork of blue and white, is when the little blue looks the best in my opinion.
Phil Lanoue Photography 