{"id":2080,"date":"2026-09-26T08:51:54","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T12:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/psnp_\/?p=2080"},"modified":"2026-09-26T08:51:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T12:51:54","slug":"egrets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/psnp_\/?p=2080","title":{"rendered":"Egrets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"652\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"2079\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/psnp_\/?attachment_id=2079\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/psnp_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dsc05389.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1273,2000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"dsc05389\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/psnp_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dsc05389-652x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/psnp_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dsc05389-652x1024.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-2079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/psnp_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dsc05389-652x1024.jpg 652w, https:\/\/psnp.info\/psnp_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dsc05389-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/psnp.info\/psnp_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dsc05389-978x1536.jpg 978w, https:\/\/psnp.info\/psnp_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dsc05389.jpg 1273w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 652px) 100vw, 652px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Great and Snowy Egret: Kennebunk, Maine, USA, September 2026 \u2014 We did not have our large flocks of feeding Egrets on the marsh this summer. Only now, as they pass back south, are we seeing any numbers. This was a rare (in Maine) opportunity to photograph some fairly close\u2014not Florida close\u2014but close. They were feeding in a pool up against the forest edge. I like this shot for a lot of reasons. The juxtaposition of the two species\u2014the reflections in the water and the reflected light on the Snowy\u2019s flanks, the pattern of the ripples in the water, the warm tones of the grasses contrasting with the crystal blue of the pool. Yes, all of that, plus two very nice birds. Sony a7CR with Sony FE 100-400 f5.6-8 at 400mm. Cropped to about 800mm effective field of view. My custom birds and wildlife mode. Highlight metering. Processed in Photomator. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great and Snowy Egret: Kennebunk, Maine, USA, September 2026 \u2014 We did not have our large flocks of feeding Egrets on the marsh this summer. Only now, as they pass back south, are we seeing any numbers. This was a rare (in Maine) opportunity to photograph some fairly close\u2014not Florida close\u2014but close. They were feeding &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/psnp_\/?p=2080\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Egrets<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s522q5-egrets","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/psnp_\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/psnp_\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/psnp_\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/psnp_\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/psnp_\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/psnp_\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2080\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/psnp_\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/psnp_\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/psnp_\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}