Egrets Taking Off & Landing
Snowy Egret (Egretta thule)
All photos © 2019 Paul Sikorski
Fog hangs over a salt marsh as this Great Egret (Ardea alba ) executes a graceful landing on a mudflat.
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.
Great Egret Green Water Landing
A Great Egret (Ardea alba) lands in the colorful water reflection from the trees surrounding the water.
Snowy Egret Mirror Image Water Trail
A Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) breaks the surface of the water creating a water trail and mirror image.
Snowy Egret Shadow and Reflection
A Snowy Egret comes in for a landing in a salt marsh. The position of the egret in relation to the sun casts both a shadow and reflection onto the water.
An adult breeding Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) taking off displays its plumage and wingspan. During breeding season it has long lacy plumes on its back.
As this Great Egret comes in for a landing, its entire underbody becomes exposed.
A Snowy Egret comes in for a landing in a backwater pool in a salt marsh.
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Snowy Egret juveniles are fun to photograph. They are very active and provide great action shots like displaying perfect angel wings.
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
I was walking through the woods along the perimeter of a salt marsh and happened to look through the trees and spotted this Great Egret (Ardea alba) standing in the water against this colorful background. Luckily, there was enough unobstructed space through the trees for a clear shot. I shot a few frames of the egret struting around and captured this image when it decided to takeoff.
End of Summer Snowy Egret Takeoff Wings Level
The marsh grass colors are starting to change as fall nears. A Snowy Egret takes off and skims the colorful grasses to a new location in the saltmarsh.
A Great Egret (Ardea alba) comes in for a water landing almost colliding with another Great Egret wading in the water.
A Great Egret (Ardea albus) moves on to another fishing spot in a salt marsh.
Snowy Egret (Egretta thule)
A Snowy Egret (Egretta thule) glides in for landing displaying a beautiful array of feathers.
A Great Egret (Ardea herodias) grabs a quick lunch.