Reddish Egrets – Adult and Juvenile, What An Incredible Treat!
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Heading out yesterday early morning for our an essential grocery store run, I grabbed my camera equipment, thinking, well, maybe I’ll just make a quick stop at the 10,000 Islands NWR Marsh Trail while enroute, see what might be out in the wetlands. (It’s hard to pass and not want to stop for a quick look, you know? 😉)
I am so glad I did stop….peering through an opening along the trail, look what I found!
Welcome to my photographed bird lifer list, #219 the Reddish Egret! Not only was there an adult in the beginnings of its breeding plumage, but just further up the trail was also an immature/juvenile.
It was so hard to leave; but I finally did, 45 minutes and 300+ photos later. 😉
It’ll take time to go through all those photos of the prancing, dancing, and feather displays for some future posts. But here’s a few so I can calm down from the excitement of sharing. 😊
Here are three photos sharing the adult Reddish Egret’s beautiful coloring and feather displays.
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Reddish Egret (adult)
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Reddish Egret (adult)
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Reddish Egret (adult)
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And here’s one of my photos of the juvenile Reddish Egret.
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Reddish Egret (immature/juvenile)
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Would you believe I was still walking on Cloud 9 at the grocery store?!
On the way back, I saw another awesome sighting of another bird species I’ve yet to share this winter from Florida. Next post!
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