Great Egrets and American White Pelicans at Horicon Marsh on September 4, 2015

By admin | September 4, 2015 - 10:23 pm |September 5, 2015 Bitterns, Herons, and Allies

I made a trip up to Horicon Marsh in Dodge and Fond du Lac Counties in Wisconsin today. Overall quiet, but a few of the bigger species made themselves known. Great Egrets, American White Pelicans and Green Herons were some of the highlights. A tree laying in the water with 9 Wood Ducks on it looked impressive but the photo just does not do it justice. Some common shorebirds were present but located father from Hwy 49 when I was there. It was an overcast day and light fog early on and the light cloud cover remained the time I was there till late morning, temps were warm. Images were taken on September 4, 2015.

Great Egret

Great Egret

Great Egret hunting!

Great Egret

Great Egret

American White Pelican

American White Pelican at takeoff!

American White Pelican

9 Wood Ducks preening and resting! Red eyes are the males.

Green Heron with a frog!

Green Heron hunting!

Green Heron with a small fish

Green Heron with a leech!

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Window to Wildlife features the photography of Jim Edlhuber. A lifelong native of Wisconsin, Jim has been photographing wildlife for 20 years. He considers himself an avid photographer and is always trying to capture nature and wildlife through his lens. He is in several photography clubs and has won numerous awards for his work. In recent years, Jim has focused mostly on birding photography and finds it to be the most challenging.

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3 Responses to Great Egrets and American White Pelicans at Horicon Marsh on September 4, 2015

Joan Schrinner says:

September 4, 2015 at 11:42 pm

Great egret photos are AMAZING , Jim.

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Annie says:

September 5, 2015 at 6:47 am

Thanks for always sharing your amazing shots. Paul and I enjoy them all.

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Nan Wisherd says:

September 5, 2015 at 2:28 pm

As always, fantastic! Thanks for sharing.

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