A seagull dives head first into the water. Photographed in the spring.
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
Two Canada Geese sit in their front yard on a mudflat watching birds swim by in the main channel of a salt marsh.
Killdeer Wading in a Salt Marsh
Charadrius vociferous
Often, a juvenile Snowy Egret fishing in shallow waters will jump up and down and run in random directions while flapping their wings. I like photographing these birds because they provide a lot of good action shots.
Three Canada Goose goslings (Branta canadensis) appear to be looking at their reflections in the water but are really about to get a drink of water. The mother goose is just a few feet away and closely watching them.
Pandion haliaetus
Watching a swan take off is fun. The wings make a lot of noise and you think the swan will run out of the water runway before getting up into the air. Although this swan looks airborne, it's really not. The swan will thrash the water with its feet 10 or 12 more times while flapping its wings to gain altitude and become airborne.
A Snowy Egret (Egretta Thule) rushes to a new fishing spot in the late afternoon reflected light.
Podilymbus podiceps
The seagull on the right is fighting to keep the crab. The seagull on the left is fighting to take the crab from the other seagull.
The Cormorant had been drying its wings on the mudflat when the Great Egret came along and spent a little too much time fishing in the pool of water just behind the Cormorant.
A Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) takes off from the shallow water of a salt marsh.
Baby Mute Swans (Cygnus olor) are called cygnets. These two cygnets are accompanied by both the adult male and female. One adult swan is directly above them on the top of the mudflat and the second adult swan is in the water a few feet to the right. The foursome were swimming up and down the water channels feeding on aquatic plants from underwater.
Photographed in a salt marsh on Long Island Sound. The Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) is larger than Lesser Yellowlegs and has a longer bill grayish at base.
The Great Egret just landed and starts to fold up its wings. I enjoy photographing Egrets when they takeoff and land because of all the different wing positions that occur.
Two Snowy Egrets (Egretta thule) taking a leisurely stroll across the open water of an estuary.
Two Snowy Egrets (Egretta thule) taking a leisurely stroll across the open water of an estuary.
Snowy Egret (Egretta thule)
A Great Egret (Ardea alba) searching for food in a salt marsh.