The Pose
by Norman Johnson
Title
The Pose
Artist
Norman Johnson
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A reddish egret poses with its wings outstretched in the shallows of the mouth of Tampa Bay, Florida near the Sunshine Skyway Bridge.
The rarest of the egrets, the reddish egret (egretta rufescens) can be found in the shallow coastal salt water lagoons and estuaries of the Gulf states, Mexico, Central America, the caribbean and the Bahamas. The largest populations of breeding pairs are curently along the coast of Texas.
They are very active foragers, often seen running, jumping and spinning, sometimes with wings outspread, in the pursuit of prey. They will try to herd them into groups to make them easier to catch. They feed on fish, frogs, crustaceans, insects and small animals preferring shallow mud flats, lagoons and saltwater estuaries.
They were almost hunted to extinction late 1800's and early 1900's for their plumes for the fashion industry. They have made somewhat of a comeback but are still very rare as the coastal marine habitat that they favor keeps shrinking bue to development along the coastlines.
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July 9th, 2017
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Comments (27)
Robyn King
Congratulations your beautiful work is being featured in AAA Images :-)
Norman Johnson replied:
I'm glad you like it Robyn. Thank you very much for the feature in the group "AAA Images -."
Norman Johnson
I'm glad you like it Doug. Thank you very much for the feature in the group "Animal Photographs."
Jilian Cramb - AMothersFineArt
Congratulations your work is featured on the homepage of the Pixels/FAA Group Beauty in Art! 7/19/17 - You may archive your feature in the group's Feature Discussion thread! Tweeting!
Norman Johnson replied:
I'm glad you like it Jilian. Thank you very much for the feature in the group "Beauty in Art."
William Tasker
An awesome shot, Norman, one of the best I've seen of this bird! Your beautiful image has been featured by Wild Birds Of The World, a nature photography group. L/F
Norman Johnson replied:
I'm glad you like it William. Thank you very much for the feature in the group "Wild Birds Of The World."
Don Columbus
Congratulations Norman, your work is Featured in "Coastal Water Birds-Shore Birds" I invite you to place it in the group's "2017 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Norman Johnson replied:
I'm glad you like it Don. Thank you very much for the feature in the group "Coastal Water Birds - Shore Birds."
Norman Johnson
I'm glad you like it Scott. Thank you very much for the feature in the group "FAA Portraits - Birds."
Don Columbus
Congratulations Norman, your work is Featured in "Birds In Focus" I invite you to place it in the group's "2017 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Norman Johnson replied:
I'm glad you like it Don. Thank you very much for the feature in the group "Birds In Focus."
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