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Wading Birds { 134 images } Created 7 Sep 2009

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  • A great blue heron (Ardea herodias) resting on a ridge in the middle of the Great Falls of the Potomac River at evening twilight, Chesapeak and Ohio Canal National Historic Park, Potomac, Maryland
    GreatFallsGreatBlueHeronTwilight2.tif
  • A great blue heron (Ardea herodias) is reflected in the dark waters of Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge at sunset.
    GreatBlueHeronReflection2.tif
  • An adult great blue heron (Ardea herodias) catches a fish along the banks of an impoundment and is reflected in the tannin-rich water, Chincoteague National Wildlfie Refuge, Assateague Island, Virginia.
    ChincoteagueWinterFishingHeron1.tif
  • An adult great blue heron (Ardea herodias) fishes along the banks of an impoundment and is reflected in the tannin-rich water, Chincoteague National Wildlfie Refuge, Assateague Island, Virginia.
    ChincoteagueWinterGreatBlueHeron1.tif
  • A juvenile great blue heron (Ardea herodias) launches from the bank of a brackish creek during a feeding territory squabble with another heron, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Assateague Island, Virginia.
    ChincoteagueWinterGreatBlueHeron2.tif
  • A great egret (Ardea alba) pauses during fishing and is reflected in the tanin-rich waters of an impoundment, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Assateague Island, Virginia.
    GreatEgretChincoteagueFallReflection...tif
  • A great egret (Ardea alba) fishing at sunset crosses into the shade and casts a reflection, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Assateague Island, Virginia.
    GreatEgretFishingSunsetReflection3.tif
  • A great egret (Ardea alba) flying near sunset changes direction in mid-flight, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Assateague Island, Virginia.
    GreatEgretFlightChangingDirection.tif
  • A great egret (Ardea alba) fishing at sunset crosses into the shade and casts a reflection, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Assateague Island, Virginia.
    GreatEgretFishingSunsetReflection1.tif
  • A great egret (Ardea alba) fishing at sunset catches a small fish and the action is reflected in the water, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Assateague Island, Virginia.
    GreatEgretFishingSunsetReflection2.tif
  • A great egret (Ardea alba) takes flight from a fishing spot at sunset , Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Assateague Island, Virginia.
    GreatEgretSunsetFlight1.tif
  • An adult great blue heron (Ardea herodias) perches on a rock in the middle of the Great Falls of the Potomac River, Great Falls, Virginia
    GreatBlueGreatFallsMorning1.tif
  • Portrait of a wild fledgling snowy egret (Egretta thula) at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida.
    FledglingSnowyEgretPortrait.tif
  • Portrait of a wild adult tricolored heron (Egretta tricolor) breeding at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida.
    AdultTricoloredHeronBush.tif
  • Portrait of a wild adult little blue heron (Egretta caerulea) breeding at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida.
    LittleBlueHeronPortrait.tif
  • Close up portrait of a fledgling tricolored heron (Egretta tricolor) at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida.
    TricoloredHeronJuvenileCloseUp3.tif
  • Close up portrait of a fledgling tricolored heron (Egretta tricolor) at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida.
    TricoloredHeronJuvenileCloseUp2.tif
  • Portrait of a wild adult great egret (Ardea alba) perched on a large tree limb at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    GreatEgretTree2.tif
  • A wild fledgling tricolored heron (Egretta tricolor) exhibiting gular fluttering behavior to cool off in the extreme June heat at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida.
    JuvenileTricoloredHeronGularFlutteri...tif
  • Humorous backlit head-on portrait of a fledgling tricolored heron (Egretta tricolor) at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida.
    BacklitJuvenileTricoloredHeronCloseU...tif
  • Backlit portrait of a fledgling tricolored heron (Egretta tricolor) at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida.
    BacklitJuvenileTricoloredHeronCloseU...tif
  • Backlit portrait of a fledgling tricolored heron (Egretta tricolor) at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida.
    BacklitJuvenileTricoloredHeron.tif
  • An adult roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) preens after coming of the nest, St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, St. Augustine, Florida.  This is the first year that the spoonbills have nested in the park and a northern breeding record for Florida.
    PreeningRoseateSpoonbill1.tif
  • Habitat image of a great egret (Ardea alba) in a marsh standing under a rainbow just after a storm, Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia Beach, Virginia.  This image has been digitally modified by cloning out a barely visible thin white power line hanging just over the tops of the dunes.
    GreatEgretRainbow.tif
  • An adult white ibis (Eudocimus albus) flies in to roost for the evening at the natural rookery at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida.
    WhiteIbisFlight2.tif
  • An adult white ibis (Eudocimus albus) flies in to roost for the evening at the natural rookery at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida.
    WhiteIbisFlight.tif
  • Great egret (Ardea alba) in flight coming in for a landing at the natural rookery at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida.
    GreatEgretLanding1.tif
  • An adult tricolored heron (Egretta tricolor) flies from its nest at the natural wader rookery at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida.
    TricoloredHeronFlight1.tif
  • An adult roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) flies from its nest at the natural wader rookery at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida.  This was the first year that roseate spoonbills nested at the rookery.
    RoseateSpoonbillFlight3.tif
  • An adult roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) flies from its nest at the natural wader rookery at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida.  This was the first year that roseate spoonbills nested at the rookery.
    RoseateSpoonbillFlight.tif
  • An adult roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) flies from its nest at the natural wader rookery at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida.  This was the first year that roseate spoonbills nested at the rookery.
    RoseateSpoonbillFlight2.tif
  • Great egret (Ardea alba) in flight after launching from a tree at the natural rookery at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida.
    GreatEgretFlightSummer2.tif
  • Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) in flight as it is leaving its nest at the natural rookery at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida.
    CattleEgretFlight1.tif
  • Great egret (Ardea alba) in flight returning to the natural rookery at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida.
    GreatEgretFlightSummer1.tif
  • Close up portrait of a fledgling tricolored heron (Egretta tricolor) at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida.
    TricoloredHeronJuvenileCloseUp1.tif
  • Wild fledgling cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) siblings rush out from the nest to beg from a parent returning to the rookery, St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida.
    CattleEgretFamily1.tif
  • Wild fledgling tricolored heron (Egretta tricolor) siblings perched in a bush and keeping a sharp eye out for parents returning with food, St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida.
    TricoloredHeronSiblings1.tif
  • Wild fledgling cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) siblings perched in a bush, St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida.
    CattleEgretSiblings2.tif
  • Wild fledgling cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) siblings perched in a bush, St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida.
    CattleEgretSiblings1.tif
  • Wild fledgling snowy egret (Egretta thula) siblings perched on a branch, the senior broodmate in the foregroung is older and more developed due to asynchronous hatching, St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida.
    SnowyEgretSiblingsAsynchronous1.tif
  • Wild fledgling great egret (Ardea alba) siblings beg and jockey for position in reaction to a returning parent, St. Ausgustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida.
    GreatEgretFamily1.tif
  • Wild fledgling snowy egret (Egretta thula) siblings jockey for position on a branch, St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida.
    SnowyEgretSiblings3.tif
  • Wild fledgling snowy egret (Egretta thula) siblings beg from a parent returning with food, St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida.
    SnowyEgretSiblings2.tif
  • Wild fledgling snowy egret (Egretta thula) siblings jockey for position on a branch as they keep an eye out for parents returning with food, St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida.
    SnowyEgretSiblings1.tif
  • Adult and nestling cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis) at the nest, St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida.
    CattleEgretNest1.tif
  • Immature roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) in flight at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida.
    RoseateSpoonbillFlight1.tif
  • A great blue heron (Ardea herodias) in a marsh impoundment with the setting sun, Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Smyrna, Delaware
    GreatBlueHeronSunset.tif
  • A great blue heron (Ardea herodias) fishing just below the Great Falls of the Potomac River at evening twilight, Chesapeak and Ohio Canal National Historic Park, Potomac, Maryland
    GreatFallsGreatBlueHeronTwilight1.tif
  • Close-up portrait of a wild roosting snowy egret (Egretta thula) at a rookery in a natural swamp exhibit at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    CloseUpSnowyEgretPortrait.tif
  • Action image of a wild great egret (Ardea alba) landing at its nest with nesting material clutched in its beak, St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    GreatEgretLandingAction.tif
  • Portrait of an evening back-lit wild snowy egret (Egretta thula) perched on a dead branch, St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    SnowyEgretBacklitPortrait.tif
  • Portrait of a wild tricolored heron (Egretta tricolor) perched on a railing as it comes in to roost for the evening, St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    TricoloredHeronRailing.tif
  • Portrait of a wild breeding-plumaged great egret (Ardea alba) perched on a railing in the evening at a rookery, St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    GreatEgretRailing.tif
  • A wild breeding plumaged snowy egret (Egretta thula) actively preening at the beginning of the breeding season at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    SnowyEgretScratching2.tif
  • Portrait of a wild breeding-plumaged great egret (Ardea alba) nesting at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    GreatEgretHighlights.tif
  • Portrait of a wild breeding-plumaged great egret (Ardea alba) nesting at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    GreatEgretTreePortrait.tif
  • Close-up portrait of a wild nesting great egret (Ardea alba) at a rookery in a natural swamp exhibit at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    GreatEgretCloseUp2.tif
  • Close-up portrait of a wild nesting great egret (Ardea alba) at a rookery in a natural swamp exhibit at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    GreatEgretCloseUp1.tif
  • Portrait of a wild breeding-plumaged yellow-crowned night heron (Nyctanassa violacea) roosting during a rainstorm at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    YellowCrownedNightHeronRain.tif
  • Portrait of a wild breeding-plumaged great egret (Ardea alba) perched on a log during a rainstorm at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    GreatEgretRain.tif
  • Wild great egret (Ardea alba) perched near its nest in a rainstorm photographed against an overcast sky, St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    GreatEgretEnvironmental.tif
  • A wild adult white ibis (Eudocimus albus) roosting at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    RoostingWhiteIbis.tif
  • A wild breeding plumaged cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) roosting at the beginning of the breeding season at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    RoostingCattleEgret.tif
  • A wild breeding plumaged tricolored heron (Egretta tricolor) roosting at the beginning of the breeding season at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    TricoloredHeronPortrait2.tif
  • A wild breeding plumaged tricolored heron (Egretta tricolor) roosting at the beginning of the breeding season at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    TricoloredHeronPortrait1.tif
  • Close-up of a wild snowy egret (Egretta thula) displaying as it begins to stake out nesting territory at the beginning of the breeding season, St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    SnowyEgretDisplaying2.tif
  • A wild juvenile roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) preening as it roosts for the evening at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    JuvenileRoseateSpoonbill.tif
  • Wild snowy egret (Egretta thula) flying in to roost for the evening at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery at the beginning of the breeding season, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    SnowyEgretFlight.tif
  • Nesing great egret (Ardea alba) turning its blue eggs at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm wild wading bird rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    GreatEgretNesting3.tif
  • Dramatically sidelit wild great blue heron (Ardea herodias) roosting in the late afternoon at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    GreatBlueHeronSidelit.tif
  • A wild adult and juvenile white ibis (Eudocimus albus) flying in to roost at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    WhiteIbisFlight.tif
  • A wild snowy egret (Egretta thula) taking a break to preen as it begins to stake out nesting territory at the beginning of the breeding season, St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    SnowyEgretPreening.tif
  • A wild snowy egret (Egretta thula) displaying in a territorial dispute as it begins to stake out nesting territory at the beginning of the breeding season, St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    SnowyEgretDisplaying1.tif
  • Wild great egret (Ardea alba) in flight about to land at its nest at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    GreatEgretFlight10.tif
  • Wild great egret (Ardea alba) in flight about to land at its nest at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    GreatEgretFlight9.tif
  • A nesting pair of wood storks (Mycteria americana) mating at the nest, St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    MatingWoodStorks3.tif
  • A nesting pair of wood storks (Mycteria americana) mating at the nest, St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    MatingWoodStorks2.tif
  • Wild great egret (Ardea alba) in flight about to land at its nest at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    GreatEgretFlight8.tif
  • Calling wild great egret (Ardea alba) returning to its nest at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    GreatEgretFlight7.tif
  • Nesing great egret (Ardea alba) in breeding plumage photographed against an overcast sky walking along a branch at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm wild wading bird rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    GreatEgretPortrait4.tif
  • Close-up portrait of a wild great egret (Ardea alba) in breeding plumage highlighted against an overcast sky at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    GreatEgretPortrait3.tif
  • Close-up portrait of a wild great egret (Ardea alba) in breeding plumage highlighted against an overcast sky at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    GreatEgretPortrait2.tif
  • Close-up portrait of a wild great egret (Ardea alba) in breeding plumage highlighted against an overcast sky at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    GreatEgretPortrait1.tif
  • Nesing great egret (Ardea alba) turning its blue eggs and showing off its breeding plumage at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm wild wading bird rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    GreatEgretNesting2.tif
  • Nesing great egret (Ardea alba) standing over its blue eggs at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm wild wading bird rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    GreatEgretNesting1.tif
  • Wild great egret (Ardea alba) in flight returning to the rookery photographed from underneath at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    GreatEgretFlight6.tif
  • Calling wild great egret (Ardea alba) returning to its nest at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    GreatEgretFlight5.tif
  • Wild great egret (Ardea alba) in flight returning to the rookery with nesting material at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    GreatEgretFlight4.tif
  • Wild great egret (Ardea alba) taking off from a tree in search of nesting material at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    GreatEgretFlight3.tif
  • Wild great egret (Ardea alba) in flight returning to the rookery with nesting material at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    GreatEgretFlight2.tif
  • Wild great egret (Ardea alba) in flight against a pure white overcast sky at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    GreatEgretFlight1.tif
  • Wild wood stork (Mycteria americana) taking off to return to the nest with nesting material, St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    WoodStorkFlight2.tif
  • Wild wood stork (Mycteria americana) taking off to return to the nest with nesting material, St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    WoodStorkFlight3.tif
  • Wild wood stork (Mycteria americana) taking off to return to the nest with nesting material, St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    WoodStorkFlight1.tif
  • A nesting pair of wood storks (Mycteria americana) mating at the nest, St. Augustine Alligator Farm Rookery, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    MatingWoodStorks1.tif
  • Portrait of a wild early spring adult yellow-crowned night heron (Nyctanassa violacea) roosting in the natural Alligator Swamp exhibit at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm, Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida
    YellowCrownedNightHeronPortrait.tif
  • Portrait of a snow covered great blue heron (Ardea herodias) stalking prey along the shore of an overflow tributary of the Potomac River above the Great Falls, Great Falls National Park, Great Falls, Virginia.
    SnowyGreatBlueHeronV4.tif
  • Portrait of a snow covered great blue heron (Ardea herodias) stalking prey along an overflow tributary of the Potomac River above the Great Falls, Great Falls National Park, Great Falls, Virginia.
    SnowyGreatBlueHeronH7.tif
  • Portrait of a snow covered great blue heron (Ardea herodias) stalking prey along an overflow tributary of the Potomac River above the Great Falls, Great Falls National Park, Great Falls, Virginia. The body is blurred due to motion, but the head is kept entirely still as the heron slides it forward.
    SnowyGreatBlueHeronV3.tif
  • Portrait of a snow covered great blue heron (Ardea herodias) and its reflection as it hunts along an overflow tributary of the Potomac River above the Great Falls, Great Falls National Park, Great Falls, Virginia
    SnowyGreatBlueHeronV2.tif
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