Yesterday I drove out to Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. I visited three areas: Blackpoint Wildlife Drive, Canaveral National Seashore, and East/West Gator Creek. When I arrived on the island and drove toward Blackpoint Dr, I saw a man pulled over looking into the trees. I decided to look at what he found, and it […]
Tag: Snowy Egret
Exposure Compensation for Wildlife Photography
Yesterday when I was at Jetty Park I came across a Little Blue Heron and Snowy Egret walking along the dark rocks that lined the inlet. And the photos made me decide to do a post about exposure compensation. How you set your exposure compensation depends in part on the metering method you use. Here […]
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) “Dance”
Everyone who has been in Florida, observing and/or photographing the reddish egret is always looking for its feeding dance. However, other members of the egret family also dance for their meals. In particular, the snowy egret will demonstrate multiple behaviors while searching for food. In the article on the snowy egret on the Cornell Laboratory […]
Snowy Egret Egretta thula
The Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) is a small white heron. Their breeding habitat is large inland and coastal wetlands from the lower Great Lakes and southwestern United States to South America. The breeding range in eastern North America extends along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts from Maine to Texas, and inland along major rivers and […]
